Comparison of orbital rocket engines

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This page is an incomplete list of orbital rocket engine data and specifications.

Current, upcoming, and in-development rocket engines

Engine	Origin	Designer	Vehicle	Status	Use	Propellant	Power cycle	Specific impulse (s)¹	Thrust (N)²	Chamber pressure (bar)	Mass (kg)	Thrust:weight ratio ³	Oxidiser:fuel ratio
AJ-10-190	USA	Aerojet	Space Shuttle, Orion, Apollo CSM	Active	Upper	N2O4/MMH	Pressure-fed	316⁴	26,689⁵	8.62⁶	118⁷	23.08
Archimedes	New Zealand USA	Rocket Lab	Neutron	Development	1st, 2nd	CH4 / LOX	Staged, oxidizer-rich		730,000
Aeon-R	USA	Relativity Space	Terran R	Development	1st, 2nd	CH4 / LOX	Gas generator		1,147,000
BE-3U	USA	Blue Origin	New Glenn	Active	2nd	LH2 / LOX	Expander, open	445⁸	765,000⁹
BE-4	USA	Blue Origin	New Glenn, Vulcan	Active¹⁰	1st	CH4 / LOX	Staged, oxidizer-rich	340¹¹	2,400,000¹² ¹³	138¹⁴
BE-7	USA	Blue Origin	Blue Moon	Development	1st	LH2 / LOX	Expander, open		44,000
CE-20	India	LPSC	GSLV Mk III	Active	Upper	LH2 / LOX	Gas generator	434	196,500	60.00	588	34.1	5.05
CE-7.5	India	LPSC	GSLV Mk II	Active	Upper	LH2 / LOX	Staged	454¹⁵	73,500	58	445	16.85
E2	USA	ABL Space Systems	RS1	Active	1st	RP-1 / LOX // Jet-A / LOX	Gas generator		53,800¹⁶	64
E2 Vacuum	USA	ABL Space Systems	RS1	Active	2nd	RP-1 / LOX // Jet-A / LOX	Gas generator		57,800¹⁷
Engine-2	USA	Vast	TBA	Development	1st	RP-1 / LOX	Staged, oxidizer-rich	327¹⁸ 290 (SL)	100,000¹⁹	100			2.62
Engine-2 Vacuum	USA	Vast	TBA	Development	2nd	RP-1 / LOX	Staged, oxidizer-rich	365²⁰	100,000²¹				2.62
GEM 63	USA	Northrop Grumman	Atlas V	Active	Booster	HTPB	Solid fuel	279.06 (Vac)²²	1,662,745²³		49,300 with fuel
GEM 63XL	USA	Northrop Grumman	Vulcan	Active	Booster	HTPB	Solid fuel	280.3 (Vac)²⁴	2,025,720²⁵		53,400 with fuel
Hadley	USA	Ursa Major Technologies	Rocket 4	Active	2nd	RP-1 / LOX	Staged, oxidizer-rich		22,241 (SL)²⁶	62
Helix	Germany	Rocket Factory Augsburg	RFA One	Development	1st, 2nd	RP-1/LOX	Staged combustion	350,325 (SL)²⁷	100,000²⁸	100²⁹
HyPER-15³⁰	South Korea	Innospace	Hanbit-Nano, -Micro, -Mini	Development	1st	Paraffin / LOX	Electric pump	292	150,000³¹
LE-5B	Japan	Mitsubishi, JAXA	H-IIA, H-IIB	Active	Upper	LH2 / LOX	Expander, open	447³²	137,000	36.0	269	51.93	5
LE-7A	Japan	Mitsubishi, JAXA	H-IIA, H-IIB	Active	1st	LH2 / LOX	Staged	438³³ 338 (SL)³⁴	1,098,000870,000 (SL)	120	1,800	65.9	5.9
LE-9	Japan	Mitsubishi, JAXA	H-3	Development	1st	LH2 / LOX	Expander, open	425³⁵	1,471,000	100	2,400	62.5	5.9
Lightning 1	USA	Firefly Aerospace	Alpha	Active	2nd	RP-1 / LOX	Combustion tap-off	322³⁶	70,100³⁷
Merlin 1D FT	USA	SpaceX	Falcon 9 B5, Heavy	Active	1st	RP-1 / LOX	Gas generator	311	914,000³⁸ 845,000 (SL)³⁹	108.0⁴⁰	470	194.5⁴¹
Merlin Vacuum 1D	USA	SpaceX	Falcon 9 B5, Heavy	Active	2nd	RP-1 / LOX	Gas generator	348⁴²	981,000⁴³				2.36
Miranda	USA	Firefly Aerospace	Antares 300 Series, MLV	Development	1st	RP-1 / LOX	Combustion tap-off	305⁴⁴	1,023,000⁴⁵
M10	Europe	Avio	Vega-E ⁴⁶	Development	Upper⁴⁷	CH4 / LOX ⁴⁸	Expander, closed	362⁴⁹	98,000⁵⁰				3.4⁵¹
NK-33A (AJ26-62), 11Д111 / 14Д15	Soviet Union	JSC Kuznetsov	Antares 100, Soyuz-2-1v	Retired	1st	RP-1 / LOX	Staged, oxidizer-rich	331⁵²297 (SL)	1,680,000 1,510,000 (SL)	145	1,222	136.8
P120	Europe	Avio	Ariane 6, Vega-C	Active	Booster, 1st	HTPB	Solid fuel	279⁵³	4,650,000⁵⁴	105	153,000 with fuel⁵⁵
S139	India	SDSC	PSLV	Active	1st	HTPB	Solid fuel	269⁵⁶	4,860,000	58	160,200 with fuel
Raptor ⁵⁷	USA	SpaceX	Starship	Development	1st, 2nd	CH4 / LOX	Staged, full-flow	350⁵⁸ 327 (SL)⁵⁹	2,750,000 (SL)⁶⁰	350⁶¹	1,525⁶²	184⁶³	3.6⁶⁴
Raptor Vacuum ⁶⁵	USA	SpaceX	Starship	Development	2nd	CH4 / LOX	Staged, full-flow	380 est.⁶⁶	>2,750,000⁶⁷	350⁶⁸	>1,525⁶⁹	<184⁷⁰	3.6⁷¹
RD-0124, 14Д23	Russia	KBKhA	Soyuz-2.1b, Soyuz-2-1v, Angara	Active	2nd, 3rd	RP-1 / LOX	Staged, oxidizer-rich	359⁷²	294,300	160	520	57.7
RD-0146D	Russia	KBKhA	Angara	Development	Upper	LH2 / LOX	Expander, closed	470⁷³	68,600	59
RD-107A, 14Д22	Russia	NPO Energomash	Soyuz-FG, -2	Active	1st	RP-1 / LOX	Gas generator	320.2⁷⁴ 263.3 (SL)	1,019,892 839,449 (SL)	61.2	1,090	78.53
RD-108A, 14Д21	Russia	NPO Energomash	Soyuz-FG, -2	Active	2nd	RP-1 / LOX	Gas generator	320.6⁷⁵ 257.7 (SL)	921,825 792,377 (SL)	55.5	1,075	75.16
RD-171M,⁷⁶ 11Д520	Russia	NPO Energomash	Soyuz-5, Zenit-2M, -3SL, -3SLB, -3SLBF	Active	1st	RP-1 / LOX	Staged, oxidizer-rich	337.2⁷⁷ 309.5 (SL)	7,904,160 7,256,921 (SL)	250	9,300	79.57
RD-180	Russia	NPO Energomash	Atlas V, III	Active	1st	RP-1 / LOX	Staged, oxidizer-rich	338.4⁷⁸ 311.9 (SL)	4,152,136 3,826,555 (SL)	261.7	5,480	71.2	2.72
RD-191	Russia	NPO Energomash	Angara	Active	1st	RP-1 / LOX	Staged, oxidizer-rich	337.5⁷⁹ 311.2 (SL)	2,084,894 1,922,103 (SL)	262.6	2,200	89.09
RD-276, 14Д14М	Russia	NPO Energomash	Proton-M	Active	1st	N2O4 / UDMH	Staged, oxidizer-rich	315.8⁸⁰ 288 (SL)	1,831,882 1,671,053 (SL)	168.5	1,120	171.2
RD-801	Ukraine	Pivdenne/Pivdenmash	Mayak	Development	1st	RP-1 / LOX	Staged, oxidizer-rich	336⁸¹ 300.7 (SL)	1,339,255 1,198,608 (SL)	180	1,630		2.65
RD-809K	Ukraine	Pivdenne/Pivdenmash	Mayak	Development	Upper	RP-1 / LOX	Staged, oxidizer-rich	352⁸²	98,067		330		2.62
RD-810	Ukraine	Pivdenne/Pivdenmash	Mayak, Zenit	Development	1st	RP-1 / LOX	Staged, oxidizer-rich	335.5⁸³ 299 (SL)	2,104,890 1,876,149 (SL)	180	2,800		2.65
RD-861K	Ukraine	Pivdenne/Pivdenmash	Cyclone-4M	Development	2nd	N2O4 / UDMH	Gas generator	330⁸⁴	77,629		207		2.41
RD-870	Ukraine	Pivdenne/Pivdenmash	Cyclone-4M	Development	1st	RP-1 / LOX	Staged, oxidizer-rich	340⁸⁵ 301.5 (SL)	876,715 777,667 (SL)		1,353		2.684
Reaver 1	USA	Firefly Aerospace	Alpha	Active	1st	RP-1 / LOX	Combustion tap-off	265 (SL) 295.6⁸⁶ (Vac)	184,000⁸⁷	75
RL-10A-4-2 ⁸⁸	USA	Aerojet Rocketdyne	Atlas IIIB, V	Retired	Upper	LH2 / LOX	Expander, closed	451	99,195	42	168	60.27	5.5
RL-10B-2 ⁸⁹	USA	Aerojet Rocketdyne	Delta III, IV, SLS	Active	Upper	LH2 / LOX	Expander, closed	465.5	110,093	44	301	37.27	5.88
RL-10C-1 ⁹⁰	USA	Aerojet Rocketdyne	Delta III, IV, SLS, Vulcan	Active	Upper	LH2 / LOX	Expander, closed	450	101,820	44	191	54.5	5.5
RS-25	USA	Rocketdyne	Space Shuttle, SLS	Active	1st	LH2 / LOX	Staged, fuel-rich	452.3 366 (SL)	2,279,000 1,860,000 (SL)⁹¹	206.4	3,526	53.79
Rutherford	New Zealand USA	Rocket Lab	Electron	Active	1st	RP-1 / LOX	Electric pump	311	24,900 25,000 (SL)	55	35⁹²	72.8 (SL)
Rutherford Vacuum	New Zealand USA	Rocket Lab	Electron	Active	2nd	RP-1 / LOX	Electric pump	343	25,800⁹³
S200	India	SDSC	GSLV Mk III	Active	Booster	HTPB	Solid fuel	274.5⁹⁴	5,150,000⁹⁵ ⁹⁶ ⁹⁷		207,000with fuel⁹⁸
SCE-200	India	LPSC	GSLV Mk III, ULV	Development	Upper, main	RP-1 / LOX	Staged, oxidizer-rich	335 299 (SL)	2,030,000 1,820,000 (SL)	180	2,700
SLS Solid Rocket Booster⁹⁹	USA	Orbital ATK	SLS	Active	Booster	PBAN	Solid fuel	267	16,000,000		730,000 with fuel
SLV-1	India	Godrej & Boyce	PSLV	Active	Booster	HTPB	Solid fuel	253¹⁰⁰	502,600	43	10,800 with fuel
SRB-A3	Japan	IHI Aerospace, JAXA	H-IIA, H-IIB, Epsilon	Active	Booster	HTPB	Solid fuel	283.6¹⁰¹	2,305,000 2,150,000 (SL)	111	76,600 with fuel
TEPREL-B	Spain	PLD Space	Miura 1	Active	1st	RP-1 / LOX	Pressure-fed		30,200 (SL)
TEPREL-C	Spain	PLD Space	Miura 5	Development	1st, 2nd	RP-1 / LOX	Gas-generator		190,000 (SL)
TQ-12 ¹⁰²	China	Landspace	ZQ-2	Active	1st	CH4 / LOX	Gas generator	284	667,000 (SL)	101
Vikas (rocket engine)	India	LPSC	PSLV, GSLV, GSLV Mk III	Active	2nd, main, booster	N2O4 / UDMH	Gas generator	262	680,500–804,500 600,500–756,500 (SL)	53.0–58.5
Vinci	Europe	Snecma	Ariane 6	Active	Upper	LH2 / LOX	Expander, closed ¹⁰³	457¹⁰⁴	180,000	60	280	65.60	6.1
Vulcain 2.1	Europe	Snecma	Ariane 6	Active	1st	LH2 / LOX	Gas generator		1,324,000	120.8	2,000	66.2
YF-21B	China	AALPT	Long March 2E, 2F, 3	Active	Booster, 1st	N2O4 / UDMH	Gas generator	260.66 (SL)¹⁰⁵	740,400 (SL)¹⁰⁶
YF-21C	China	AALPT	Long March 2C, 2D, 3A, 3B, 3C, 4B, 4C	Active	1st	N2O4 / UDMH	Gas generator	260.7 (SL)¹⁰⁷	740,400 (SL)¹⁰⁸
YF-25	China	AALPT	Long March 3B, 3C	Active	Booster	N2O4 / UDMH	Gas generator	260.66 (SL)¹⁰⁹	740,400 (SL)¹¹⁰
YF-22B	China	AALPT	Long March 2E, 2F	Active	2nd	N2O4 / UDMH	Gas generator	298.0¹¹¹	738,400
YF-22C	China	AALPT	Long March 2C, 2D, 4B, 4C	Active	2nd	N2O4 / UDMH	Gas generator	298.0¹¹²	742,040
YF-22D	China	AALPT	Long March 3	Active	2nd	N2O4 / UDMH	Gas generator	298.0¹¹³	741,400
YF-22E	China	AALPT	Long March 3A, 3B, 3C	Active	2nd	N2O4 / UDMH	Gas generator	298.0¹¹⁴	741,400
YF-40	China	AALPT	Long March 4B, 4C	Active	3rd	N2O4 / UDMH	Gas generator	303	103,000
YF-50D	China	AALPT	Long March 3B, 3C, 5, 7	Active	Upper	N2O4 / UDMH	Pressure-fed	315.5	6,500
YF-73	China	AALPT	Long March 3	Active	3rd	LH2 / LOX	Gas generator	420.0	44,150
YF-75	China	AALPT	Long March 3A, 3B, 3C	Active	3rd	LH2 / LOX	Gas generator	438.0¹¹⁵	78,450
YF-75D	China	AALPT	Long March 5	Active	2nd	LH2 / LOX	Expander, closed	442.6	88,360	41	265	34	6.0
YF-77	China	AALPT	Long March 5	Active	1st	LH2 / LOX	Gas generator	428 316.7 (SL)	700,000 518,000 (SL)	102	1,054	50	5.5
YF-79	China	AALPT	Long March 9	Development	3rd	LH2 / LOX	Expander, closed	455.2	250,000	70			6.0
YF-90 ¹¹⁶	China	AALPT	Long March 9	Development	2nd	LH2 / LOX	Staged, fuel-rich	453	2,200,000	183	4,800	46.74	6.0
YF-100	China	AALPT	Long March 7, 5	Active	1st	RP-1/ LOX	Staged, oxidizer-rich	335.1 300(SL)	1,339,480 1,199,190 (SL)	180	1,912	64	2.6
YF-115	China	AALPT	Long March 6, 7	Active	2nd	RP-1/ LOX	Staged, oxidizer-rich	341.5	182,400	120			2.5
YF-130	China	AALPT	Long March 9	Development	1st	RP-1/ LOX	Staged, oxidizer-rich	308 (SL)	~5,000,000 (SL)	220	~6,500	78	2.62
Zefiro 9A	Europe	Avio	Vega-C	Active	3rd	HTPB	Solid fuel	295.2¹¹⁷	314,000¹¹⁸	75	11,400 with fuel
Zefiro 40	Europe	Avio	Vega-C	Active	3rd	HTPB	Solid fuel	293.5¹¹⁹	1,304,000¹²⁰	115	39,206 with fuel
Zenith	USA	Stoke	Nova	Development	1st	CH4 / LOX	Staged, full-flow	~345 ¹²¹	>444,822¹²²

Retired and canceled rocket engines

Engine	Origin	Designer	Vehicle	Status	Use	Propellant	Power cycle	Specific impulse (s)¹²³	Thrust (N)¹²⁴	Chamber pressure (bar)	Mass (kg)	Thrust:weight ratio ¹²⁵	Oxidiser:fuel ratio
Aeon 1	USA	Relativity Space	Terran 1	Retired	1st	CH4 / LOX	Gas generator	310	86,740 (SL)¹²⁶
Aeon 1 Vacuum	USA	Relativity Space	Terran 1	Retired	2nd	CH4 / LOX	Gas generator	360	100,085 (SL)¹²⁷
Aestus	Europe	Airbus Defence and Space	Ariane 5 G, G+, ES	Retired	Upper	N2O4 / MMH	Pressure-fed	324¹²⁸	30,000	11	111	27.6	1.9
Aestus II	Europe	Airbus Defence and Space	Ariane 5	Retired	Upper	N2O4 / MMH	Gas generator	340¹²⁹	55,400	60	138	41.0	1.9
Aether	USA	Astra Space	Rocket 3.3	Retired	2nd	RP-1/LOX ¹³⁰	Pressure-fed		3,300¹³¹
AJ-60A	USA	Aerojet	Atlas V	Retired	Booster	HTPB	Solid fuel	275	1,270,000¹³²
AJ-260-2	USA	Aerojet	S-I stage replacement (proposed)	Tested, Cancelled	1st	PBAN	Solid fuel	263	26,183,755		831,345 with fuel
AR1	USA	Aerojet Rocketdyne		Cancelled	1st	RP-1 / LOX	Staged, oxidizer-rich		2,200,000 (SL)¹³³				2.72
Delphin	USA	Astra Space	Rocket 3.3	Retired	1st	RP-1/LOX ¹³⁴	Electric pump		29,000¹³⁵	31
F-1 ¹³⁶	USA	Rocketdyne	Saturn V	Retired	1st	RP-1 / LOX	Gas generator	304 263 (SL)	7,770,000 6,770,000 (SL)	70	8,391	82.27	2.27
F-1A ¹³⁷ ¹³⁸	USA	Rocketdyne	Saturn MLV	Cancelled	1st	RP-1 / LOX	Gas generator	303 270 (SL)	8,989,000 8,007,000 (SL)	80	9,015	90.6	2.27
Gamma 2	United Kingdom	Bristol Siddeley	Black Arrow	Retired	2nd	RP-1 / H2O2	Staged, decomposition and combustion	265¹³⁹	68,200		173	40.22	8
Gamma 8	United Kingdom	Bristol Siddeley	Black Arrow	Retired	1st	RP-1 / H2O2	Staged, decomposition and combustion	265¹⁴⁰	234,800	47.40	342	70.01	8
HM-7A	Europe	Snecma	Ariane 1	Retired	3rd	LH2 / LOX	Gas generator	443¹⁴¹ 308 (SL)	61,700	30	149	42.2	5
HM-7B	Europe	Snecma	Ariane 2, 3, 4, 5 ECA	Retired	Upper	LH2 / LOX	Gas generator	446¹⁴² 310 (SL)¹⁴³	64,800¹⁴⁴ 43,600 (SL)¹⁴⁵	37¹⁴⁶	165¹⁴⁷	43.25	5
J-2	USA	Rocketdyne	Saturn V, IB	Retired	2nd, 3rd	LH2 / LOX	Gas generator	421¹⁴⁸ 200 (SL)	1,033,100 486,200 (SL)	52.6	1,438	73.18	5.5
J-2X	USA	Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne	Ares I, Ares V, SLS (proposed)	Tested, Cancelled	Upper	LH2 / LOX	Gas generator	448¹⁴⁹	1,310,000	95	2,470	58.41	5.5–4.5
Kestrel	USA	SpaceX	Falcon 1	Retired	Upper	RP-1 / LOX	Pressure fed	317	31,000	9.3	52	65
LE-5	Japan	Mitsubishi, NASDA	H-I	Retired	Upper	LH2 / LOX	Gas generator	450¹⁵⁰	103,000	36.0	245	42.87	5.5
LE-5A	Japan	Mitsubishi, NASDA	H-II	Retired	Upper	LH2 / LOX	Expander, open	452¹⁵¹	121,500	40.0	242	51.19	5
LE-7	Japan	Mitsubishi, NASDA	H-II	Retired	1st	LH2 / LOX	Staged combustion	446¹⁵²	1,078,000 843,500 (SL)	127	1,714	64.13	5.9
M-1	USA	Aerojet		Cancelled	1st, 2nd?	LH2 / LOX	Gas generator	428 (SL)	6,670,000		9,068	60
Merlin 1C	USA	SpaceX	Falcon 9 v1.0	Retired	1st	RP-1 / LOX	Gas generator	311¹⁵³ 282 (SL)¹⁵⁴	723,000	97	470	158	2.34
Merlin Vacuum 1C	USA	SpaceX	Falcon 9 v1.0	Retired	2nd	RP-1 / LOX	Gas generator	336¹⁵⁵	413,644¹⁵⁶			92
NewtonThree	USA	Virgin Orbit	LauncherOne	Retired	Booster	RP-1 / LOX	Gas generator¹⁵⁷		266,893¹⁵⁸	70
NewtonFour	USA	Virgin Orbit	LauncherOne	Retired	2nd	RP-1 / LOX	Gas generator¹⁵⁹		22,241¹⁶⁰
P80	Europe	Avio	Vega	Retired	1st	HTPB	Solid fuel	280¹⁶¹	3,015,000¹⁶²	88	96,000 with fuel
P230	Europe	Avio	Ariane 5	Retired	Booster	HTPB	Solid fuel	286¹⁶³ 259 (SL)	6,996,000 5,860,000 (SL)	69	269,000 with fuel¹⁶⁴
RD-0120 11Д122	Soviet Union	KBKhA	Energia	Retired	1st	LH2 / LOX	Staged, fuel-rich	455¹⁶⁵	1,962,000 1,526,000 (SL)	219	3,450	57.80
RD-8, 11D513	Soviet Union	Pivdenne/Pivdenmash	Zenit	Retired	2nd vernier	RP-1 / LOX	Staged, oxidizer-rich	342	78,450	77.47	356		2.4
RD-56 (KVD-1) 11Д56У	Russia	KBKhM	GSLV Mk I	Retired	Upper	LH2 / LOX	Staged, fuel-rich	462¹⁶⁶	69,626	55.9	282	25.17
RD-117 11Д511	Soviet Union	NPO Energomash	Soyuz-U	Retired	1st	RP-1 / LOX	Gas generator	316¹⁶⁷ 253 (SL)	978,000 778,648 (SL)	54.2	1,100	72.18
RD-118 11Д512	Soviet Union	NPO Energomash	Soyuz-U	Retired	2nd	RP-1 / LOX	Gas generator	314¹⁶⁸ 257 (SL)	1,000,278 818,855 (SL)	59.7	1,100	75.91
RD-170 ¹⁶⁹11Д521¹⁷⁰	Soviet Union	NPO Energomash	Energia	Retired	1st	RP-1 / LOX	Staged, oxidizer-rich	337.2 309.5 (SL)	7,904,160 7,256,921 (SL)	250	9,300	79.57
RD-181	Russia	NPO Energomash	Antares 200	Retired	1st	RP-1 / LOX	Staged, oxidizer-rich	339.2¹⁷¹ 311.9 (SL)	2,085,000 1,922,000 (SL)	262.6	2,200	89
RD-193	Russia	NPO Energomash	Soyuz-2-1v	Cancelled	1st	RP-1 / LOX	Staged, oxidizer-rich	337.5¹⁷² 311.2 (SL)	2,084,894 1,922,103 (SL)		1,900	103.15
RD-264 11Д119	Soviet Union	NPO Energomash	Dnepr	Retired	1st	N2O4 / UDMH	Staged, oxidizer-rich	318¹⁷³ 293 (SL)	4,521,000	206	3,600	128.15
RD-270 ¹⁷⁴8Д420	Soviet Union	NPO Energomash	UR-700 (proposed), UR-900 (proposed)	Tested, Cancelled	1st	N2O4 / UDMH	Staged, full-flow	322¹⁷⁵ 301 (SL)	6,710,000 6,270,000 (SL)	261	3,370	189.91
RD-275 14Д14	Russia	NPO Energomash	Proton-M	Retired	1st	N2O4 / UDMH	Staged, oxidizer-rich	316¹⁷⁶ 287 (SL)	1,831,882 1,671,053 (SL)	160.0	1,070	171.2
RD-843	Ukraine	Pivdenne/Pivdenmash	Vega	Retired	upper	N2O4 / UDMH	Pressure-fed	315.5	2,452	20.4	15.93		2.0
RD-854 8D612	Soviet Union	Pivdenne/Pivdenmash	R-36ORB	Retired	3rd	N2O4 / UDMH	Gas generator
RD-855 8D68M	Soviet Union	Pivdenne/Pivdenmash	Tsyklon-2, -3, R-36	Retired	1st vernier	N2O4 / UDMH	Gas generator		328,000	65.70	320		1.97
RD-856 8D69M	Soviet Union	Pivdenne/Pivdenmash	Tsyklon-2, -3 (-4), R-36	Retired	2nd vernier	N2O4 / UDMH	Gas generator		54,230	71.60	112.5		1.98
RD-861 11D25	Soviet Union	Pivdenne/Pivdenmash	Tsyklon-2, -3	Retired	3rd	N2O4 / UDMH	Gas generator		78,710	88.8	123		2.1
RD-864 15D177	Soviet Union	Pivdenne/Pivdenmash	R-36 (missile), Dnipro	Retired	3rd	N2O4 / UDMH	Gas generator	298–309	8,450–20,200	17–41	199		1.8
RD-869 15D300	Soviet Union	Pivdenne/Pivdenmash	R-36M	Retired	3rd	N2O4 / UDMH	Gas generator	302.3–313	8,580–20,470	17–41	196		1.8
RS-27A	USA	Rocketdyne	Delta	Retired	1st	RP-1 / LOX	Gas generator	302¹⁷⁷ 255 (SL)	1,054,200	49	1,091	102.5	2.245
RS-68A ¹⁷⁸	USA	Rocketdyne	Delta IV, IV Heavy	Retired	1st	LH2 / LOX	Gas generator	411¹⁷⁹ 362 (SL)	3,558,577 3,135,996 (SL)	109	6,686	54.31	5.97
Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster ¹⁸⁰	USA	Thiokol	Space Shuttle, Ares I	Retired	Booster	PBAN / APCP	Solid fuel	268	14,000,000 12,500,000 (SL)		590,000 with fuel
SRB-A	Japan	IHI Aerospace, JAXA	H-IIA	Retired	Booster	HTPB	Solid fuel	280¹⁸¹	2,250,000		76,400 with fuel
UA1207	USA	United Technologies	Titan IV	Retired	Booster	PBAN	Solid fuel	272¹⁸² 245 (SL)	7,116,000 6,410,400 (SL)		319,330 with fuel
Viking 2	Europe	Snecma	Ariane 1	Retired	1st	N2O4 / UDMH	Gas generator		690,000 611,200 (SL)		776	90.67
Viking 2B	Europe	Snecma	Ariane 2, 3	Retired	1st	N2O4 / UH 25	Gas generator		643,000 (SL)		776	84.5
Viking 4	Europe	Snecma	Ariane 1	Retired	2nd	N2O4 / UDMH	Gas generator		713,000		826	88
Viking 4B	Europe	Snecma	Ariane 2, 3, 4	Retired	2nd	N2O4 / UH 25	Gas generator		800,000		826	98.76
Viking 5C	Europe	Snecma	Ariane 4	Retired	1st	N2O4 / UH 25	Gas generator		758,000 678,000 (SL)		826	93.57
Viking 6	Europe	Snecma	Ariane 4	Retired	Booster	N2O4 / UH 25	Gas generator		750,000		826	92.59
Vulcain HM-60	Europe	Snecma	Ariane 5	Retired	1st	LH2 / LOX	Gas generator	439¹⁸³ 326 (SL)¹⁸⁴	1,113,000¹⁸⁵ 773,200 (SL)¹⁸⁶	109¹⁸⁷	1,300¹⁸⁸	84.38
Vulcain 2	Europe	Snecma	Ariane 5	Retired	1st	LH2 / LOX	Gas generator	429¹⁸⁹ 318 (SL)¹⁹⁰	1,359,000¹⁹¹ 939,500 (SL)¹⁹²	117.3¹⁹³	1,800¹⁹⁴	77.04
Waxwing	United Kingdom	Bristol Aerojet	Black Arrow	Retired	Upper		Solid fuel	278¹⁹⁵ 245 (SL)	29,400 25,900 (SL)		87	34.48
Zefiro 23	Europe	Avio	Vega	Retired	2nd	HTPB	Solid fuel	287.5¹⁹⁶	1,122,000¹⁹⁷	94	25,935 with fuel

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Current, upcoming, and in-development rocket engines

Retired and canceled rocket engines

See also

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References