RL-36 Overview

Team Members:

• @Derek Basta (RIT Student)

• @Justin Silva (RIT Student) (Deactivated)

• @Brahm Soltes (RIT Student)

• @Derek Labasi (Unlicensed)

• @Kevin McDonough (Unlicensed)

• @caw5317
  
  

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

Project Pages: 

• RL-36 Requirements

• RL-36 Design

• RL-36 Trades

• RL-36 Action Items / Issues

• RL-36 Highlights / Media

• RL-36 Post-Mortem