Aerojet AJ10 engine family

E889636

hypergolic rocket engine rocket engine family

The Aerojet AJ10 engine family is a long-serving series of hypergolic liquid-fuel rocket engines used on numerous U.S. spacecraft for orbital maneuvering and spacecraft propulsion, including early crewed and uncrewed missions.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Aerojet AJ10	1
Aerojet AJ10 engine family canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	hypergolic rocket engine ⓘ rocket engine family ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
fuel	Aerozine 50 NERFINISHED ⓘ UDMH ⓘ
ignitionSystem	hypergolic ignition ⓘ
manufacturer	Aerojet NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFeature	high reliability ⓘ long operational history ⓘ use on both launch vehicles and spacecraft ⓘ
notableVariant	AJ10-118 NERFINISHED ⓘ AJ10-118F NERFINISHED ⓘ AJ10-118K NERFINISHED ⓘ AJ10-137 NERFINISHED ⓘ AJ10-190 NERFINISHED ⓘ AJ10-37 NERFINISHED ⓘ
oxidizer	nitrogen tetroxide ⓘ
propellantFeedSystem	pressure-fed ⓘ
propellantType	hypergolic ⓘ
restartCapability	multiple restarts in many variants ⓘ
serviceEntryDecade	1950s ⓘ
status	long-serving ⓘ
throttleCapability	limited or none in most variants ⓘ
usedAs	orbital maneuvering engine ⓘ service module main engine ⓘ upper-stage main engine ⓘ
usedFor	attitude control ⓘ course correction burns ⓘ deorbit burns ⓘ orbital maneuvering ⓘ spacecraft propulsion ⓘ
usedInProgram	Apollo program NERFINISHED ⓘ Artemis program NERFINISHED ⓘ Delta launch vehicle program ⓘ Space Shuttle program NERFINISHED ⓘ Vanguard program NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedOn	Able upper stage NERFINISHED ⓘ Apollo Command and Service Module NERFINISHED ⓘ Apollo Service Module NERFINISHED ⓘ Delta rocket upper stages ⓘ European Service Module for Orion NERFINISHED ⓘ Orion service module NERFINISHED ⓘ Space Shuttle OMS pod NERFINISHED ⓘ Space Shuttle Orbital Maneuvering System NERFINISHED ⓘ Vanguard rocket upper stages NERFINISHED ⓘ early U.S. crewed spacecraft ⓘ early U.S. uncrewed spacecraft ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Service Propulsion System → heritage → Aerojet AJ10 engine family ⓘ

Vanguard rocket → secondStageEngine → Aerojet AJ10 engine family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aerojet AJ10