SpaceX Draco
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The SpaceX Draco is a hypergolic liquid rocket engine designed and built by SpaceX for use in their space capsules. Two engine types have been built to date: Draco and SuperDraco.
Country of origin | United States |
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Manufacturer | SpaceX |
Application | Reaction control system |
Liquid-fuel engine | |
Propellant | NTO / MMH[1] |
Performance | |
Thrust, vacuum | 400 N (90 lbf)[2] |
Specific impulse, vacuum | 300 s (2.9 km/s) |
Used in | |
SpaceX Dragon |
The original Draco thruster is a small rocket engine for use on the Dragon spacecraft.[3][4][5]
SuperDraco uses the same storable (non-cryogenic) hypergolic propellant as the small Draco thrusters, but is much larger and delivers over 100 times the thrust. SuperDraco engines are being used on the Crew Dragon spacecraft to provide launch-escape capability in case of a failure in the launch vehicle.
Draco and SuperDraco combine the functions of a reaction control system and main propulsive engine.[citation needed]