Raptor

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Raptor is SpaceX’s next-generation methane-fueled rocket engine designed to power the company’s Starship launch system with high efficiency and reusability.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf liquid-propellant rocket engine
methane-fueled rocket engine
rocket engine
abbreviation Raptor engine
application interplanetary transport
orbital launch
combustionType staged combustion
company SpaceX
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: "United States"
designer SpaceX
designGoal deep throttling capability
high efficiency
high reusability
support rapid launch cadence
developer Elon Musk-led SpaceX engineering teams
engineCycle full-flow staged combustion
flowType full-flow
fuel liquid methane
generation next-generation SpaceX engine
intendedEnvironment sea-level operation
vacuum operation
intendedVehicle Starship
Super Heavy booster
surface form: "Super Heavy"
launchSystem Starship launch system
manufacturer SpaceX
notableFeature designed for many reuse cycles
uses methane instead of RP-1 kerosene
oxidizer liquid oxygen
predecessor Merlin
primaryUse first stage propulsion
second stage propulsion
propellant methane
oxygen
propellantCombination methane-oxygen
propellantRatio methalox
propellantType liquid methane
liquid oxygen
reusability designed for reuse
status in development
in testing
technologyType cryogenic engine
thrustClass high-thrust engine
usedBy SpaceX
usedFor Starship booster propulsion
Starship ship propulsion
variant Raptor Vacuum
Raptor sea-level

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

Starship engineType Raptor
this entity surface form: "Raptor Vacuum"