Merlin engine family

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The Merlin engine family is a series of liquid-fueled rocket engines developed by SpaceX, primarily used to power the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launch vehicles.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Merlin engine family canonical 5
Merlin engine 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf rocket engine
rocket engine family
vacuum-optimized rocket engine
combustionCycle gas-generator cycle
companyRole core propulsion technology for SpaceX Falcon rockets
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
designedForReusability true
developer SpaceX
engineArrangement 27 engines on Falcon Heavy first stage and side boosters
octaweb (nine engines on Falcon 9 first stage)
engineType open-cycle gas-generator liquid rocket engine
firstFlightDate 2006-03-24
firstFlightVehicle Falcon 1 rocket
surface form: Falcon 1
fuel RP-1 kerosene
intendedUse orbital launch
manufacturer SpaceX
member Merlin 1A
Merlin 1B
Merlin 1C
Merlin 1D
Merlin Vacuum
memberOf Merlin engine family self-linksurface differs
Merlin engine family self-linksurface differs
namedAfter Merlin
surface form: Merlin (mythical wizard)
notableFeature designed for rapid reuse with minimal refurbishment
high thrust-to-weight ratio
organizationUser NASA Launch Services Program
surface form: NASA (via contracted launches on Falcon 9)

National Security Space Launch (NSSL)
surface form: U.S. Department of Defense (via Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches)
oxidizer liquid oxygen
primaryUse Falcon 9 rocket
surface form: Falcon 9 launch vehicle

Falcon Heavy rocket
surface form: Falcon Heavy launch vehicle
propellantFeedSystem turbopump-fed
propellantType liquid-fueled
reusabilityDemonstratedOn Falcon 9 first stage landings and reflights
status operational
successorTo Kestrel engine (for Falcon 1 upper stage role)
throttleCapability deep throttling (Merlin 1D)
thrustVectorControl gimbaled
usedFor cargo missions to the International Space Station
commercial satellite launches
crewed missions on Crew Dragon (as part of Falcon 9)
usedForStage first stage
second stage (vacuum variant)
usedOn Falcon 1 rocket
surface form: Falcon 1 launch vehicle
usedOnVehicle Falcon 9 rocket
surface form: Falcon 9 Block 5

Falcon 9 rocket
surface form: Falcon 9 Full Thrust

Falcon 9 rocket
surface form: Falcon 9 v1.0

Falcon 9 rocket
surface form: Falcon 9 v1.1

Falcon Heavy rocket
surface form: Falcon Heavy Block 5

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Referenced by (7)

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

Merlin 1D family Merlin engine family
RP-1 usedInEngine Merlin engine family
this entity surface form: Merlin engine
Falcon family engineTypeUsed Merlin engine family
this entity surface form: Merlin engine
Merlin 1D sea-level family Merlin engine family
Merlin engine family memberOf Merlin engine family self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Merlin 1D
Merlin engine family memberOf Merlin engine family self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Merlin Vacuum
Raptor engine predecessor Merlin engine family