Aerojet has hot-fire tested its AJ26 engine at Nasa’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi for the Taurus II launch vehicle programme.
The test is the first of three hot-fire engine tests to be performed throughout the next several weeks by Orbital Sciences, Aerojet and Nasa.
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Aerojet’s AJ26 engine is an oxidiser-rich, staged-combustion LO2/Kerosene engine that achieves high performance in a lightweight compact package.
The liquid-fuel AJ26 will provide boost for the first stage of the Taurus II launch vehicle.
The testing is being conducted to support the Taurus II initial launch capability (ILC) in the third quarter of 2011.
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