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Project Mission:

RL-36 is Launch Initiative’s first liquid bipropellant rocket engine. The engine is a reaction control system (RCS) that can be implemented for trajectory and attitude control of a space vehicle. The thrust is 36 lb_f, which is in the thrust range of RCSs for small satellites. Like most auxiliary engines, RL-36 uses a gas pressure-fed, blow-down feed system. The project is a test platform for future liquid engines that the team plans to integrate into competition rockets.

Expected Timeline:

Finish manufacturing combustion chamber: 11/16/20

Finish assembling feed system: 2/1/21

Finish programming control system: 2/22/21

Cold flow test: 2/27/21

Hot fire test: 3/13/21

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