Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne

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aerospace propulsion company rocket engine manufacturer

Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne was a major American aerospace propulsion company known for designing and producing advanced liquid-fueled rocket engines for NASA and other space and defense programs.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Rocketdyne	5

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	aerospace propulsion company ⓘ rocket engine manufacturer ⓘ
acquiredBy	Aerojet Rocketdyne NERFINISHED ⓘ GenCorp NERFINISHED ⓘ
collaboratedWith	Boeing NERFINISHED ⓘ Lockheed Martin NERFINISHED ⓘ United Launch Alliance NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
designedEngine	F-1 (heritage through Rocketdyne) NERFINISHED ⓘ J-2 (heritage through Rocketdyne) ⓘ J-2X NERFINISHED ⓘ RL10 NERFINISHED ⓘ RS-25 NERFINISHED ⓘ RS-68 NERFINISHED ⓘ Space Shuttle Main Engine NERFINISHED ⓘ
formedBy	merger of Pratt & Whitney Space Propulsion and Rocketdyne ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Canoga Park, California (heritage Rocketdyne site) NERFINISHED ⓘ
industry	aerospace ⓘ defense ⓘ
marketRole	key supplier for NASA human spaceflight missions ⓘ major U.S. government propulsion contractor ⓘ
notableCapability	design of reusable cryogenic engines ⓘ large-thrust first-stage engines ⓘ upper-stage propulsion systems ⓘ
notableProduct	high-performance liquid rocket engines ⓘ
operatedFacility	Santa Susana Field Laboratory test facilities (heritage through Rocketdyne) NERFINISHED ⓘ
parentCompany	Pratt & Whitney NERFINISHED ⓘ United Technologies Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor	Pratt & Whitney Space Propulsion NERFINISHED ⓘ Rocketdyne NERFINISHED ⓘ
propellantType	RP-1 kerosene (heritage through Rocketdyne) ⓘ liquid hydrogen ⓘ liquid oxygen ⓘ
reasonForCessation	acquisition and integration into Aerojet Rocketdyne ⓘ
servedClient	NASA NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Department of Defense NERFINISHED ⓘ commercial space customers ⓘ
specialization	liquid-fueled rocket engines ⓘ
status	defunct as independent company ⓘ
successor	Aerojet Rocketdyne NERFINISHED ⓘ
supportedProgram	Atlas V launch vehicle (via RL10 upper stage engine) ⓘ Constellation program (via J-2X development) NERFINISHED ⓘ Delta IV launch vehicle NERFINISHED ⓘ Saturn V program (heritage through Rocketdyne) NERFINISHED ⓘ Space Launch System (via RS-25 engines) NERFINISHED ⓘ Space Shuttle program NERFINISHED ⓘ
technologyType	cryogenic rocket engines ⓘ hydrocarbon rocket engines ⓘ