ENGINE DERIVATIVE
Hughes Space&Communications is using a new onboard liquid apogee engine design built by Kaiser Marquardt in Van Nuys, Calif. (see photo). The engine, about 30 in. long, has an iridium-lined rhenium combustion chamber (dark section near top) to provide the capability of operating at temperatures...
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