Tag: Aerojet Rocketdyne

  • Atlas 5 to sport new upper stage engine Thursday

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    The NROL-35 mission logo. Credit: NRO The most powerful Atlas rocket to ever fly from the West Coast is poised for launch Thursday to deliver a secret payload into orbit while debuting a new upper stage engine. Lifting off on two million pounds of thrust, the 20-story rocket will fire away from Vandenberg Air Force…

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne touts AR1 engine for Atlas 5

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS “SPACE PLACE” & USED WITH PERMISSION Aerojet Rocketdyne is pressing ahead with development of a powerful new rocket engine that company officials believe will be an attractive alternative to the Russian-built RD-180 engine that now powers the first stage of United Launch Alliance’s workhorse Atlas 5 booster. The AR1 engine, a proposed…