TR-106 / TR-107 Rocket Engines
The TR-106 or Low Cost Pintle Engine (LPCE) was a developmental LH2/LOX rocket engine designed by TRW under the Space Launch Initiative and tested at NASA John C. Stennis Space Center throughout 2000. The Stennis test stand results demonstrated that the engine was stable over a wide variety of thrust levels and propellant ratios.
Development of the engine was temporarily discontinued with the cancellation of the Space Launch Initiative. Since 2000, TRW has been acquired by Northrop Grumman and development of the TR-107 RP-1/LOX rocket engine began in 2001 for potential use on next-generation launch and space transportation vehicles is continuing under contract to NASA.
Technology lessons from the Low Cost Pintle Engine project assisted subcontractor development of engines by SpaceX.
Read more about this topic: Space Launch Initiative
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