Aerojet Hot-Fires Orion Service Module Engine
Aerojet has completed 250 hot-fire tests of its venerable R-4D bipropellant engine, demonstrating performance of the Apollo-heritage propulsion system under conditions it is expected to encounter in NASA’s Orion service module. The test included more than 20,000 starts of the 100-lb.-thrust engine...
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