[Unknown Target]

Hey all. I have to find out what rocket engines space agencies use (for a report for a company I'm working for). Can someone point me to a reference site? I can't find them for the life of me.

[beatspete]

ummm?

The main space agencies would be NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA).  ESA use Arian 5 or Arian 6 rockets I think.  It really depends what needs launched though.  I don't know what NASA use for comerical launch.


Keep in mind rockets aren't exactly mass manufactured.  Its not like buying a car, most are custom built or from a limited production line.

[Liberator]

Originally posted by beatspete
Keep in mind rockets aren't exactly mass manufactured.  Its not like buying a car, most are custom built or from a limited production line.

Which is why it's so damned expensive to send something into space.

[Corsair]

Estes!!

[Taristin]

Originally posted by Corsair
Estes!!

used by model rocket hobbyists everywhere!

[Crazy_Ivan80]

Originally posted by beatspete
The main space agencies would be NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA).  ESA use Arian 5 or Arian 6 rockets I think.  

There is no Ariane 6. The Ariane 5 is the newest model. Search for Arianespace (maybe also EADS), Link to the different launcher-families made by Arianespace.

and the most important agencies are:
NASA
ESA
the Russian one (iirc RosaviaKosmos)
the Chinese one

there's a few others that might be interesting:
most notably the Japanese one (have their own launchpad and thus launchers iirc, got renamed to JAXA if I'm not mistaken),
the Brazilian one (one of their launchers blew up last year iirc),
the Indian one (not sure if they launched anything)
and the Israeli one (they did launch something, not sure how recent but it was with their own missile)

[Nico]

Originally posted by beatspete
ummm? ESA use Arian 5 or Arian 6 rockets I think.  

Ariane 4 and sometimes Ariane 5 ( for very large charges ). They're cool, from times to times I see parts of them on the road, when I'm going to uni. ****ing huge trucks to carry that, I tell you.