Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne
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| Type | Division |
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| Industry | Aerospace |
| Predecessor(s) | Pratt & Whitney Space Propulsion Rocketdyne |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Headquarters | Canoga Park, California, United States |
| Products | Rocket engines |
| Owner(s) | United Technologies Corporation |
| Parent | Pratt & Whitney |
| Website | http://www.pw.utc.com/products/pwr/pwr.asp |
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne (PWR) is a United States company that designs and produces rocket engines that use liquid propellants. Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, headquartered in Canoga Park, California, is a division of Pratt & Whitney, itself a wholly owned subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation.[1] It has additional operations in West Palm Beach, Florida; Huntsville, Alabama; the Kennedy Space Center, Florida; and the Stennis Space Center, Mississippi.
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne was formed in 2005 when Pratt & Whitney Space Propulsion and Rocketdyne Propulsion & Power were merged following the latter's acquisition from Boeing.
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[edit] Products
- Pratt & Whitney
- RL10 (LH2/LOX) An American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Historic Landmark developed by Pratt & Whitney. Used on the Saturn I, the upper stage of the Delta IV, the Centaur upper stage for the Atlas V and Titan rockets and on the vertical-landing McDonnell Douglas DC-X "Delta Clipper". It was intended serve as the main propulsion engine for the Altair lunar lander.
- RS-25 (LH2/LOX) Space Shuttle main engine.
- SJ61 (JP-7/ingested air) A dual-mode ramjet/scramjet engine flown on the Boeing X-51 hypersonic demonstration vehicle.
[edit] References
- ^ "Who's Where", Aviation Week & Space Technology, January 1, 2007
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[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Rocketdyne engines |
- Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne company website
- Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Supplier Information
- Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Supplier
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