Comparison of orbital rocket engines

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Comparison of orbital rocket engines
This page exposes the list of orbital rocket engines (list is not full!).
Legend for below table: [under development] [retired,canceled] [operational,inactive]
Engine Origin Manufacturer Vehicle Stage Propellant Specific impulse, vac.
(s)
Vacuum thrust (N) Mass (kg) Thrust-to-weight ratio Chamber pressure
(bar)
Status Engine
Vulcain HM-60
Europe
Arospatiale Ariane 5 1st LH2/LOX 431 1,075,000 1,300Wikipedia:Citation
needed
84.318Wikipedia:Citation
needed
102Wikipedia:Citation
needed
Retired Vulcain
Vulcain 2
Europe
Arospatiale Ariane 5 1st LH2/LOX 429 1,359,000 1,800
81.04?
[1]
Operational Vulcain 2
P230
Europe
Societe
Nationale des
Poudres et
Explosifs(SNPE)
Ariane 5 Booster HTPB(68/18) 286 6,472,300 268,000 with
fuelWikipedia:Citation
needed
Operational P230
HM7B
Europe
Snecma Ariane 5
ECA
Upper LH2/LOX 446 64,800 165
40.05?
[2]
37 Operational HM7B
RD-180
Russia
NPO
Energomash
Atlas V 1st RP-1/LOX 338 4,150,000 5,480 78.44 266.8 Operational RD-180
RD-191
Russia
NPO
Energomash
Angara 1st RP-1/LOX 2,200
96.9?
[3]
263.4 Inactive RD-191
NK-33-1
(AJ26-58)
11111
Soviet
Union
Kuznetsov
Design Bureau
Aerojet
Antares
Soyuz-2.1v
1st RP-1/LOX 331 1,638,000 1,222 136.8 145 Operational NK-33-1
(AJ26-58)
Gamma 8
UK
Bristol Siddeley Black
Arrow
1st H2O2/Kerosene 265 234,800 342 70.01 47.40 Retired Gamma 8
Gamma 2
UK
Bristol Siddeley Black
Arrow
2nd H2O2/Kerosene 265 68,200 173 40.22 Retired Gamma 2
Waxwing
UK
Bristol Aerojet Black
Arrow
Upper Solid 278 29,400 87 Retired Waxwing
Merlin 1C
United
States
SpaceX Falcon 9
Falcon 1
1/2 RP-1/LOX 304.8 480,000 630 96 67.7 Retired Merlin 1C
Merlin 1D
Highest
thrust-to-weight
ratio of any
Earth-launchable
rocket engine
United
States
SpaceX Falcon 9
Falcon
Heavy
1/2 RP-1/LOX 310 720,000
490?
[4]
150 97 Operational Merlin 1D
Raptor
United
States
SpaceX 1st Methane/LOX 363 4,500,000 Development Raptor
RD-171M Most
powerful
liquid-fuel
rocket engine in
the world
Russia
NPO
Energomash
Zenit-3SL
(Sea
Launch)
Zenit-3SLB
(Land
Launch)
1st RP-1/LOX 337.2 7,904,000 9,300 86.6 Operational RD-171M
RD-107A
1422
Russia
NPO
Energomash
Soyuz-FG
Soyuz-2
1st RP-1/LOX 320.2 1,020,240 1,156 61.2 Operational RD-107A
RD-108A
1421
Russia
NPO
Energomash
Soyuz-FG
Soyuz-2
2nd RP-1/LOX 320.6 922,140 1,151 55.5 Operational RD-108A
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RD-117
11511
Soviet
Union
NPO
Energomash
Soyuz-U 1st RP-1/LOX 315.8 978,000 1,250 53.2 Operational RD-117
RD-118
11512
Soviet
Union
NPO
Energomash
Soyuz-U 2nd RP-1/LOX 314.5 999,639 1,155 58.6Wikipedia:Citation
needed
Operational RD-118
LE-5
Japan
Mitsubishi
Heavy
Industries
NASDA
H-I Upper LH2/LOX 450Wikipedia:Citation
needed
102,900Wikipedia:Citation
needed
255 36.5Wikipedia:Citation
needed
Retired LE-5
LE-5A
Japan
Mitsubishi
Heavy
Industries
NASDA
H-II Upper LH2/LOX 452Wikipedia:Citation
needed
121,500Wikipedia:Citation
needed
248 39.8Wikipedia:Citation
needed
Retired LE-5A
LE-5B
Japan
Mitsubishi
Heavy
Industries
JAXA
H-IIA
H-IIB
Upper LH2/LOX 447Wikipedia:Citation
needed
137,200Wikipedia:Citation
needed
285
49.1?
[5]
35.8Wikipedia:Citation
needed
Operational LE-5B
LE-7
Japan
Mitsubishi
Heavy
Industries
NASDA
H-II 1st LH2/LOX 446Wikipedia:Citation
needed
1,078,000Wikipedia:Citation
needed
1,714 64.13Wikipedia:Citation
needed
127Wikipedia:Citation
needed
Retired LE-7
LE-7A
Japan
Mitsubishi
Heavy
Industries
JAXA
H-IIA
H-IIB
1st LH2/LOX 440Wikipedia:Citation
needed
1,098,000Wikipedia:Citation
needed
1,800 65.9 120Wikipedia:Citation
needed
Operational LE-7A
SRB-A
Japan
IHI Aerospace
JAXA
H-IIA
H-IIB
Booster Solid 280 (SRB-A)
284 (SRB-A3 version
H-IIA
F18)Wikipedia:Citation
needed
2,260,000 (SRB-A)
2,500,000 (SRB-A3 version
H-IIA
F18)Wikipedia:Citation
needed
71,800 with
fuelWikipedia:Citation
needed
Operational SRB-A
RS-68 Most
powerful
hydrogen-fueled
engine in the
world
United
States
Pratt & Whitney
Rocketdyne
Delta IV
Delta IV
Heavy
1st LH2/LOX 6,600 51.2Wikipedia:Citation
needed
97Wikipedia:Citation
needed
Operational RS-68
Atlas V SRB
United
States
Aerojet Atlas V Booster Solid 40,824 with
fuelWikipedia:Citation
needed
Operational Atlas V
SRB
F-1 Most
powerful
single-chamber
liquid-fueled
rocket engine
ever developed
United
States
Rocketdyne Saturn V 1st RP-1/LOX 263 6,770,000 8,391
82.27?
[6]
70 Retired F-1
RS-25 - SSME
United
States
Pratt & Whitney
Rocketdyne
Space
Shuttle
1st LH2/LOX 452.3 2,279,000 3,526
65.91?
[7]
206.4 Inactive
since
STS-135
RS-25
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Space Shuttle
Solid Rocket
Booster Largest
solid-fuel
rocket motor
ever flown, and
the first to be
used for
primary
propulsion on
human
spaceflight
missions
United
States
Thiokol Space
Shuttle
Ares I
Booster APCP 268 14,000,000 590,000
with fuel
Inactive
since
STS-135
Space
Shuttle
Solid
Rocket
Booster
J-2
United
States
Rocketdyne Saturn V
Saturn IB
1st LH2/LOX 421 1,033,100 1,438 73.18 30 Retired J-2
J-2X
United
States
Pratt & Whitney
Rocketdyne
Space
Launch
System
Upper LH2/LOX 448 1,310,000 2,430
54.97?
[8]
30 Development J-2X
RL-10B-2
United
States
Pratt & Whitney
Rocketdyne
Delta III
Delta IV
Upper LH2/LOX 462 109,890 277 41 44 Operational RL-10B-2
RL-10A-4-2
United
States
Pratt & Whitney
Rocketdyne
Atlas V Upper LH2/LOX 451 99,100 167 59 39 Operational RL-10A-4-2
NSTAR First
ever ion engine
used as a main
engine on an
operational
science
spacecraft
United
States
Hughes Electron
Dynamics
Boeing
Deep
Space 1
Dawn
Ion thruster Xenon 3,100 @2.3kW 0.0920 @2.3kW 8.2 Operational NSTAR
HiPEP Most
powerful inert
gas ion thruster
ever built
United
States
NASA Jupiter Icy
Moons
Orbiter
Ion thruster Xenon 9,620 @39.3kW 0.670 @39.3kW Canceled HiPEP
NEXT
United
States
NASA Ion thruster Xenon 4,100 @6.9kW 0.236 @6.9kW Development NEXT
VASIMR
United
States
Ad Astra Rocket
Company
Electro-magnetic
thruster
Argon 5,000 @200kW 5? @200kW Development VASIMR
PPS-1350
Russia
Europe
OKB Fakel
Snecma
SMART-1 Hall thruster Xenon 1,650 @1.5kW 0.088 @1.5kW 5.3
0.0017?
[9]
Operational PPS-1350
SPT-100
Russia
OKB Fakel LS-1300
satellites
Hall thruster Xenon 1,500 @1.35kW 0.083 @1.35kW 3.5
0.0024?
[10]
Operational SPT-100
Boeing 601HP
First ever ion
engine used as
a main engine
on an
operational
commercial
satellite
(PAS-5)
United
States
Boeing Boeing
601HP
satellites
Ion thruster Xenon 2,568 @0.5kW 0.018 @0.5kW Operational Boeing
601HP
Boeing 702
United
States
Boeing Boeing 702
satellites
Ion thruster Xenon 3,800 @4.5kW 0.165 @4.5kW Operational Boeing 702
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KVD-1
1156
Russia
KBKhM GSLV Mk
I
Upper LH2/LOX 462 69,626 282 25.17 55.9 Inactive KVD-1
CE-7.5
India
ISRO GSLV Mk
II
Upper LH2/LOX 454 73,550 445
16.85?
[11]
58 Operational CE-7.5
PSLV-1
India
ISRO PSLV 1st HTPB 269 4,860,000 160,200 58 Operational PSLV-1
SLV-1
India
ISRO PSLV Booster HTPB 253 502,600 10,800 43 Operational SLV-1
RD-264
11119
Soviet
Union
NPO
Energomash
Dnepr-1 1st N
2
O
4
/UDMH 318 4,521,000 3,600
128?
[12]
206 Operational RD-264
RD-276
1414
Russia
NPO
Energomash
Proton-M 1st N
2
O
4
/UDMH 316 1,830,000 1,260
148?
[13]
169 Operational RD-276
RD-0120
11122
Soviet
Union
KBKhA Energia 1st LH2/LOX 455 1,962,000 3,450 57.80 219 Retired RD-0120
RD-193
Russia
NPO
Energomash
Soyuz-2.1v 1st RP-1/LOX 2,090,000 1,900
112?
[14]
Development RD-193
Aestus
Europe
Airbus Defence
and Space
Ariane 5
ES
Upper N2O4/MMH 324 30,000 111
27.6?
[15]
11 Operational Aestus
Aestus II
Europe
Airbus Defence
and Space
Upper N2O4/MMH 340 55,400 138
40.9?
[16]
60 Development Aestus II
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