Rocketdyne S-3D
American liquid rocket engine
![]() S-3D engine at the National Air and Space Museum | |
Country of origin | United States |
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Manufacturer | Rocketdyne |
Application | Booster |
Successor | H-1 |
Status | Retired |
Liquid-fuel engine | |
Propellant | LOX / RP-1 |
Cycle | Gas Generator |
Configuration | |
Chamber | 1 |
Performance | |
Thrust, sea-level | 134908 lbf (600.1 kN) |
Specific impulse, sea-level | 247 seconds (2.42 km/s) |
Used in | |
PGM-19 Jupiter, PGM-17 Thor, Juno II |
The Rocketdyne S-3D is an American liquid rocket engine produced by Rocketdyne between 1956 and 1961 for use on the PGM-19 Jupiter and PGM-17 Thor missiles, and the Juno II rocket.[1][2] Its design was used later as the basis for the H-1 rocket engine of the Saturn I, and the Rolls-Royce RZ.2 of the Blue Streak.
It belongs to the LR79 engine family.[3]
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Semi- cryogenic |
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Storable |
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- Europe
- India
- Iran
- Salman
- Rafe
- Israel
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- USA
- * Different versions of the engine use different propellant combinations
- Engines in italics are under development