Event
ME Seminar: Michael Popp, Ph.D. "The RL10 Hydrogen/Oxygen Upper Stage Engine for Atlas and..."
Friday, April 22, 2016
2:00 p.m.
DeWalt Seminar Room, 2164 Martin
Ashwani Gupta
akgupta@umd.edu
http://www.enme.umd.edu/events/seminars
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING SEMINAR SERIES
Speaker: Michael Popp, Program Manager
RL10C Engine Development
Aerojet Rocketdyne, West Palm Beach Operation
The RL10 Hydrogen/Oxygen Upper Stage Engine for Atlas and Delta Launch Vehicles
April 22, 2016 | 2:00 PM | DeWalt Seminar Room, 2164 Martin Hall
Abstract: This presentation provides an overview of RL10 engine characteristics and recent development activities leading to the newest engine model, the RL10C engine. For more than fifty years, Aerojet Rocketdyne’s RL10 has been the nation’s premier upper-stage rocket engine. Evolved from a technological breakthrough in harnessing high-energy liquid hydrogen as an aerospace propulsion fuel, the RL10 has amassed one of the most remarkable lists of accomplishments in the history of space propulsion. The RL10 has played a vital role in placing numerous military, government and commercial satellites into Earth’s orbit, and has helped send spacecraft to explore every planet in our solar system, including Voyager 1, the first spacecraft to reach interstellar space, and New Horizons, the fastest spacecraft to ever leave Earth orbit. Today, three engines derived from the very core of the legendary RL10, the RL10A-4-2, RL10B-2 and RL10C-1 carry on the RL10’s legacy as the launch industry’s “workhorse” by powering the upper stages of United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V and Delta IV launch vehicles.
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