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World’s Most Powerful Hydrogen-Fueled Rocket Engine Completes Final Acceptance Test for ULA Delta IV Heavy Launch Vehicle April 12, 2021 16:32 ET | Source: Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc. Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc. Rancho Cordova, California, UNITED STATES STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss., April 12, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Today, the world’s most powerful hydrogen-fueled rocket engine built by Aerojet Rocketdyne, the RS-68A, completed its final hot-fire acceptance test for use on the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy launch vehicle on the B-1 Test Stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. ULA’s Delta IV Heavy rocket uses three Aerojet Rocketdyne RS-68A engines; one on each of its three common booster cores to launch the nation’s most critical spacecraft into orbit. The three RS-68A engines combine to generate more than two million pounds of thrust for the Delta IV Heavy. ....
Successful SLS Core Stage Hot-Fire Test Puts America One Step Closer to Returning to the Moon globenewswire.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from globenewswire.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
NASA Sets Date for First Hot Fire Test of Space Launch System Core Stage STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss., Jan. 05, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Four Aerojet Rocketdyne RS-25 engines are being targeted to hot fire in unison for the first time on Jan. 17 as part of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) Green Run test series. These engines will power the SLS rocket as the U.S. prepares to return humans to the Moon to stay and then on to Mars. The upcoming 493-second hot fire test will mirror the engines’ thrust profile in flight and is the main event of the SLS Core Stage Green Run test series that has been underway since January 2020. ....
Aerojet Rocketdyne delivered the 600th Boost Motor and the 600th Divert and Attitude Control System to prime contractor Lockheed Martin for the Missile Defense Agency s Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) program, which shields overseas forces and infrastructure from missile attacks.
The U.S. Navy awarded Aerojet Rocketdyne a $63.2 million Other Transaction Authority award to develop an advanced propulsion system for the service s MK 54 MOD 2 Advanced Lightweight Torpedo, an antisubmarine weapon.
Aerojet Rocketdyne delivered the 5,000th solid rocket flight motor for the Stinger missile system from its Solid Rocket Motor Center of Excellence in Camden, Arkansas, following the program s successful transition from Gainesville, Virginia. Over 30 years, the company has delivered more than 60,000 motor sets to support the Stinger missile system. ....
Press release content from Globe Newswire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. Aerojet Rocketdyne Powers ULA Launch of National Reconnaissance Office Payload Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc.December 11, 2020 GMT CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Dec. 11, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Aerojet Rocketdyne powered the recent successful launch of a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket yesterday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The rocket launched a classified national security payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). Aerojet Rocketdyne supplies the boost engines, upper-stage engines and the composite overwrapped pressure vessels for the Delta IV Heavy rocket. This is the twelfth Delta IV Heavy rocket launch and the eighth for the NRO. ....