Rocketdyne S-3D

S-3D
S-3D engine at the National Air and Space Museum
Country of originUnited States
ManufacturerRocketdyne
ApplicationBooster
SuccessorH-1
StatusRetired
Liquid-fuel engine
PropellantLOX / RP-1
CycleGas Generator
Configuration
Chamber1
Performance
Thrust, sea-level134908 lbf (600.1 kN)
Specific impulse, sea-level247 seconds (2.42 km/s)
Used in
PGM-19 Jupiter, PGM-17 Thor, Juno II, Saturn A-2

The Rocketdyne S-3D (Air Force designation LR79) was an American liquid rocket engine produced by Rocketdyne (a division of North American Aviation) between 1956 and 1961. It was a gas generator, pump-fed engine, using a liquid oxygen (LOX) and RP-1 (kerosene) propellant combination, capable of producing 134,908 pounds of thrust (600.1 kN) at sea level.

The S-3 was based on the Redstone engine, and is part of the LR79 family, used on the PGM-19 Jupiter and PGM-17 Thor missiles, and on the Juno II rocket. Other members of the LR79 engine family include: XLR71-NA-1, B-2C, XLR83-NA-1, LR79-7, S-3D, XLR89-1, MB-3-1, X-1, LR83-NA-1, H-1, LR89-5, XLR89-5, S-3, LR89-7, MB-3-J, MB-3, MB-3-3, RZ.2, H-1c, H-1b, RS-27, RS-27A R, RS-56-OBA and RS-27C.

A second stage with four S-3 engines was considered for the Saturn A-2 study.

Simplification of the S-3D engine, via the unillustrated X-1, to the Saturn I's H-1

Its design was used later as the basis for the H-1 rocket engine of the Saturn I, and the Rolls-Royce RZ.2 of the Blue Streak.

Specifications

Rocketdyne S-3D:

Rocketdyne S-3:

References

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