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Pratt & Whitney XLR-129

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The XLR-129 program was never completed, no complete engine was ever produced, but many systems were developed and tested.
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The XLR-129 was designed to be reusable and was initially paid for by the US Air Force, for a 1960s program called
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an attempt was made to increase the thrust to 350,000 lbf (1,600 kN), but in the end
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design that would have used liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen propellants. It was developed by
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and initially was to develop 250,000 lbf (1,100 kN) of thrust. It featured an
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in order to tune performance over a wide range of altitudes.
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that was intended for surveillance overflights. For the
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rocket engine
Pratt & Whitney
expanding nozzle
ISINGLASS
rocket plane
Space Shuttle
Rocketdyne
Space Shuttle Main Engine
"The Space Review: A bat outta Hell: The ISINGLASS Mach 22 follow-on to OXCART"
"Ch9"
"Air Force Reusable Rocket Engine Program XLR129-P-1. Volume 1"
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LR129 (rocket engine)
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