Kestrel

E18342

liquid-fueled rocket engine pressure-fed rocket engine rocket engine

Kestrel is a pressure-fed, liquid-fueled rocket engine developed by SpaceX for the second stage of its early Falcon 1 launch vehicle.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Kestrel canonical	2

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	liquid-fueled rocket engine ⓘ pressure-fed rocket engine ⓘ rocket engine ⓘ
application	orbital upper stage propulsion ⓘ
attitudeControlMethod	thrust vector control via helium cold gas thrusters ⓘ
chamberPressure_bar	about 9 ⓘ
coolingMethod	ablative cooling ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
cycle	pressure-fed cycle ⓘ
designedForEnvironment	vacuum ⓘ
developer	SpaceX ⓘ
feedSystem	pressure-fed ⓘ
firstFlightDate	2006-03-24 ⓘ
firstFlightVehicle	Falcon 1 rocket ⓘ surface form: Falcon 1 Flight 1
fuel	RP-1 ⓘ
gimbalCapability	non-gimbaled ⓘ
lastFlightDate	2009-07-14 ⓘ
lastFlightVehicle	Falcon 1 rocket ⓘ surface form: Falcon 1 Flight 5
launchVehicleFamily	Falcon family ⓘ
manufacturer	SpaceX ⓘ
nozzleExpansionRatio	about 60 ⓘ
nozzleMaterial	niobium alloy ⓘ
oxidizer	liquid oxygen ⓘ
propellantCombination	LOX/RP-1 ⓘ
propellantFeedGas	helium ⓘ
propellantType	liquid ⓘ
relatedEngine	Merlin 1A ⓘ Merlin 1C ⓘ
restartCapability	designed for in-space restart ⓘ
specificImpulseVac_s	about 317 ⓘ
stageApplication	second stage ⓘ
status	retired ⓘ
successfullyReachedOrbitOnVehicle	Falcon 1 rocket ⓘ surface form: Falcon 1 Flight 4 Falcon 1 rocket ⓘ surface form: Falcon 1 Flight 5
throttleCapability	fixed thrust ⓘ
thrustEnvironment	vacuum-optimized ⓘ
thrustInVacuum_kN	about 31 ⓘ
thrustInVacuum_lbf	about 7000 ⓘ
usedByOrganization	SpaceX ⓘ
usedInProgram	Falcon 1 rocket ⓘ surface form: Falcon 1 program
usedOnLaunchVehicle	Falcon 1 rocket ⓘ surface form: Falcon 1 Flight 1 Falcon 1 rocket ⓘ surface form: Falcon 1 Flight 2 Falcon 1 rocket ⓘ surface form: Falcon 1 Flight 3 Falcon 1 rocket ⓘ surface form: Falcon 1 Flight 4 Falcon 1 rocket ⓘ surface form: Falcon 1 Flight 5
usedOnVehicle	Falcon 1 rocket ⓘ surface form: Falcon 1

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Falcon 1 rocket → secondStageEngine → Kestrel ⓘ

subject surface form: Falcon 1

Flight 4 → secondStageEngine → Kestrel ⓘ