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SpaceX on X: Raptor 3 (sea level variant) (x.com)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by llamacoffee@lemmy.world to c/spacex@sh.itjust.works

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Thrust: 280tf

Specific impulse: 350s

Engine mass: 1525kg

Engine + vehicle-side commodities and hardware mass : 1720kg

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[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Embedded photos at max resolution:

Follow up tweets from Elon:

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1819779440752181445

Important to note that the induced mass (mass required by a given engine design that is not the engine itself) of Raptor 3, while far better than Raptor 2, still has a lot of room for improvement.

Thrust will exceed 300 tons with Raptor 3.x (thrust/mass>200), enabling 10,000 tons of thrust at liftoff and there might be up to 5 sec of Isp gain over time.

Getting close to the limit of known physics.

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1819781279828636041

In a few years, we will finally have a Raptor 3/4 vacuum version (giant nozzle) that has an Isp of 380

[–] dgriffith@aussie.zone 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That is one slick looking rocket engine.

[–] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 years ago

It's so slick and clean looking ! It looks like the concept version of the engine.