RocketMotorOne

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RocketMotorOne is the hybrid rocket engine that powered the experimental suborbital spaceplane SpaceShipOne on its historic private spaceflights.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf hybrid rocket engine
rocket motor
abbreviation HTPB
associatedWith Ansari X Prize
Burt Rutan
burnDurationClass tens of seconds
combustionCycle pressure-fed
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
designedFor air-launched operations
designGoal low-cost private human spaceflight
developedBy Scaled Composites NERFINISHED
SpaceDev
developedFor Tier One program
engineType single-stage hybrid motor
exhaustType non-toxic combustion products relative to many liquid engines
firstFlightVehicle SpaceShipOne
fuel hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene
heritage early commercial hybrid rocket technology
ignitionMethod pyrotechnic igniter
launchPlatform White Knight carrier aircraft
mountingLocation aft fuselage of SpaceShipOne
museumDisplay SpaceShipOne
surface form: SpaceShipOne exhibit at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
notableUse Ansari X Prize
surface form: Ansari X Prize flights

first privately funded human spaceflight
operatedBy Scaled Composites NERFINISHED
operationalEra early 2000s
oxidizer nitrous oxide
powered SpaceShipOne
program SpaceShipOne program
propellantState liquid oxidizer and solid fuel
propulsionType hybrid rocket
restartCapability single-start in normal operation
safetyFeature separate storage of fuel and oxidizer
status retired
throttleCapability limited throttling via oxidizer flow control
thrustClass approximately 80 kN
usedFor crewed spaceflight
private spaceflight
suborbital spaceflight
usedInMissionProfile ballistic suborbital trajectory
usedOn SpaceShipOne
surface form: SpaceShipOne Flight 15P

SpaceShipOne
surface form: SpaceShipOne Flight 16P

SpaceShipOne
surface form: SpaceShipOne Flight 17P
usedOnVehicleType experimental suborbital spaceplane

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SpaceShipOne engine RocketMotorOne