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Launcher (a @vast company) develops the E-2 liquid rocket engine.
Hawthorne, CA
Joined October 2016
The first fully integrated E-2 engine is ready for shipping to @NASAStennis for our upcoming full engine test campaign later this year. E-2 is a 22,000 lbf (10 tf) thrust LOX/Kerosene oxidizer-rich, staged combustion engine. Stay tuned for updates.
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At our Mojave, CA test site, E-2 ran at boosted thrust for a 1-minute duration, achieving 25,000 lbf thrust and measured 295 seconds Isp. Although E-2 is a kerosene/LOX engine, its plume is blue and transparent, demonstrating its 99%+ combustion efficiency. E-2 is now available
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Launcher E-2 liquid rocket engine, 200-second test fire recorded Friday, April 12, 2024 at @NASAStennis - Youtube version in 4K:
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Who has ever seen a LOX/Kerosene liquid 🚀 engine with a blue plume 💎💎💎💎? Not only does it look spectacular, but it also serves as undeniable proof of the 99%+ combustion efficiency achieved in this test. Enjoy this 3-minute, 20-second test of E-2, a mostly 3D-printed 22k
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E-2 in slow motion— E-2 is a 22k lbf (10 tf) ORSC LOX/Kerosene liquid 🚀 engine. Recorded last week at @NASAStennis. Standby for the release of a nominal full duration test.
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RT @johnkrausphotos: Some more shots of @launcher (@vast) E-2 engine testing yesterday at NASA Stennis
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Preview: Short duration test of our E-2 22k lbf (10 tf) ORSC LOX/Kerosene liquid 🚀 engine. Nominal pressure (100 bar) and mixture ratio (2.7). Recorded this week at @NASAStennis
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Nominal E-2 thrust and performance achieved. Have you ever seen a blue plume on a kerosene/lox rocket engine 💎💎💎? More to come including the full test video.
Was great to spend some time at NASA’s Stennis Space Center with @launcher (@vast) team yesterday as they tested the fully-integrated E-2 engine for a two-minute burn — blue flame achieved with kerosene!
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E-2 hit some major milestones this year — . January — August: The preburner test campaign included 36 pre burner tests totaling 320 seconds. March — September: The thrust chamber assembly test campaign included 36 TCA tests totaling 281 seconds. November: The full engine
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RT @NASAStennis: Congratulations to the @launcher team on a successful E-2 Engine hot fire! NASA and Syncom Space Services team members are….
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E-2’s first 90-second test fire was a success! It performed at 55% power with a low conservative 1.6 mixture ratio as planned. The hardware appears in perfect condition ready for more tests. This is an exceptional result for a first test article (E-2 SN1). The test was also a key
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RT @NASAStennis: Launcher completes first E-2 engine hot fire on E-1 Test Stand at NASA Stennis.
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The first fully integrated E-2 engine roars to life for the first time at the historic @NASAStennis on November 16, 2023. This test proved out the engine bootstrap startup transient. The team will continue to work towards long duration testing at nominal parameters in the
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Check out the first fully integrated E-2 engine being installed at @NASAStennis in preparation for our upcoming full engine test campaign later this year. Who's just as excited as we are? ✋
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An E-2 Thrust Chamber Assembly 10 second test in 4x slow motion from September 12, 2023 at @NASAStennis. TCA testing continues as we prepare for a fully integrated engine test.
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The E-2 team continues Thrust Chamber Assembly testing at the E Complex at @NASAStennis. Fully integrated engine test soon. 🔜🚀
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RT @NASAStennis: Launcher, a @vast Space company, is continuing to test the thrust chamber assembly for its E-2 engine at NASA Stennis, the….
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The E-2 Thrust Chamber Assembly test firing earlier this month at @NASAStennis as we build up towards our fully integrated engine test campaign.
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RT @vast: This #PrideMonth2023, the Vast team celebrated by supporting and providing donations to LGBTQ+ owned businesses! We recognize and….
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Our joint Starfish Space & Launcher Orbiter SN3 mission statement.
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