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Table of specific impulses


thorfinn

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As the subject says, I found on my hard drive this table of specific impulses that I compiled some time ago for I-don\'t-even-remember-what. It\'s made of data from real world, commonly used engines, and a little bit of extrapolation where necessary. This could be interesting, around here, so I thought 'well, a thread doesn\'t take up much space after all'....



Propellant First stage Upper stage
sea level vacuum

Solid 230 260 290
LOX/RP-1 norm 265 305 320
LOX/RP-1 best 310 335 350
N2H4/N2O4 norm 260 290 300
N2H4/N2O4 best 300 320 335
LH2/LOX 1960s 315 390 430
LH2/LOX modern 360 410 465
LH2/LOX Shuttle 363 453 -/-
N2O/Hybrid ? 250 -/-
H2O2/RP-1 250 280 305
LOX/Hybrid slightly less than LOX/RP-1
H2O2 monopropellant 150
Hydrazine monopropellant 220

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