SuperDraco
Sign in to saveSuperDraco is a hypergolic propellant rocket engine designed and built by SpaceX. It is part of the SpaceX Draco family of rocket engines. A redundant array of eight SuperDraco engines provides fault-tolerant propulsion for use as a launch escape system for the SpaceX Dragon 2, a passenger-carrying space capsule.
Key facts
- Rocket engine.image
- SuperDraco rocket engines at SpaceX Hawthorne facility (16789102495).jpg
- Rocket engine.caption
- A pair of SuperDraco rocket engines at SpaceX Hawthorne facility
- Rocket engine.name
- SuperDraco
- Rocket engine.country_of_origin
- United States
- Rocket engine.manufacturer
- SpaceX
- Rocket engine.purpose
- Launch escape system, propulsive landing
- Rocket engine.status
- Operational
- Rocket engine.type
- Liquid
- Rocket engine.thrust(SL)
- , individually32,000lbf, dual-engine cluster
- Rocket engine.burn_time
- 25 sec
- Rocket engine.cycle
- pressure fed
- Rocket engine.used_in
- SpaceX Dragon 2
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- Manufacturing
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SuperDraco is a hypergolic propellant rocket engine designed and built by SpaceX. It is part of the SpaceX Draco family of rocket engines. A redundant array of eight SuperDraco engines provides fault-tolerant propulsion for use as a launch escape system for the SpaceX Dragon 2, a passenger-carrying space capsule.
SuperDraco rocket engines utilize a storable (non-cryogenic) hypergolic propellant which allows the engines to be fired many months after fueling and launch. They combine the functions of both a reaction control system and a main propulsive engine. Hypergolic fuels do not require an external source of ignition, providing increased reliability for the spacecraft.
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