RL10

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RL10 is a family of high-performance, liquid hydrogen–liquid oxygen cryogenic rocket engines developed by Aerojet Rocketdyne and widely used on U.S. upper stages such as Centaur and Delta IV.

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This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of RL10 (RL10 is a family of high-performance, liquid hydrogen–liquid oxygen cryogenic rocket engines developed by Aerojet Rocketdyne and widely used on U.S. upper stages such as Centaur and Delta IV.)

All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
RL10 canonical 20
RL10B-2 6
RL10A-4-2 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cryogenic rocket engine ⓘ
rocket engine family ⓘ
application civil space missions ⓘ
commercial satellite launches ⓘ
military space missions ⓘ
combustionChamberType regeneratively cooled ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
cycleType expander cycle ⓘ
developer Pratt & Whitney ⓘ
firstFlight 1963 ⓘ
fuel liquid hydrogen ⓘ
gimbalCapability yes ⓘ
heritage early U.S. hydrogen engine research programs ⓘ
laterDeveloper Aerojet Rocketdyne ⓘ
manufacturer Aerojet Rocketdyne ⓘ
notableFeature first liquid hydrogen rocket engine to fly ⓘ
notableUse Atlas V missions ⓘ
Delta IV missions ⓘ
linked to: Delta IV Heavy

historic Centaur missions ⓘ
oxidizer liquid oxygen ⓘ
propellantType liquid hydrogen ⓘ
liquid oxygen ⓘ
propulsionType liquid-fueled rocket engine ⓘ
restartCapability multiple in-space restarts ⓘ
specificImpulseVacuum approximately 450 seconds ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
technology hydrogen-oxygen cryogenic technology ⓘ
thrustVacuum approximately 110 kN ⓘ
usedBy NASA ⓘ
U.S. Department of Defense ⓘ
United Launch Alliance ⓘ
usedFor interplanetary injection ⓘ
orbital insertion ⓘ
trans-lunar injection ⓘ
upper stage propulsion ⓘ
usedOn Atlas V Centaur upper stage ⓘ
linked to: Centaur upper stage

Centaur upper stage ⓘ
Delta IV upper stage ⓘ
Saturn I upper stage ⓘ
linked to: S-IV

Saturn IB upper stage ⓘ
linked to: S-IV

Vulcan Centaur upper stage ⓘ
linked to: Vulcan Centaur
variant RL10A-3 ⓘ
RL10A-4 ⓘ
RL10A-4-2 ⓘ
RL10B-2 ⓘ
RL10C-1 ⓘ
RL10C-2 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (34)

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

Saturn I → secondStageEngineType → RL10A-3 ⓘ
linked to: RL10
Centaur → engineType → RL10 ⓘ
Aerojet Rocketdyne → notableProduct → RL10 engine ⓘ
linked to: RL10
Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage → engine → RL10B-2 ⓘ
linked to: RL10
Exploration Upper Stage → engineType → RL10C-3 ⓘ
linked to: RL10
Vulcan Centaur → secondStageEngine → RL10C ⓘ
linked to: RL10
Delta IV Heavy → upperStageEngine → RL10B-2 ⓘ
linked to: RL10
S-IV → engineType → RL10 ⓘ
Delta IV upper stage → usesEngine → RL10B-2 ⓘ
linked to: RL10
Delta IV → upperStageEngine → RL10B-2 ⓘ
linked to: RL10
ICPS → engineType → RL10 engine family ⓘ
linked to: RL10
Atlas V 431 → upperStageEngineModel → RL10A-4-2 ⓘ
linked to: RL10
Atlas V N22 → upperStageEngine → RL10A-4-2 ⓘ
linked to: RL10
Delta III → upperStageEngine → RL10B-2 ⓘ
linked to: RL10
Centaur T → primaryEngine → RL10 ⓘ
DCSS → engineTypeUsed → RL10B-2 ⓘ
linked to: RL10
Centaur program → engine → RL10 ⓘ