Recorded test events
0
Hybrid Rocket Engine
Alpha
Operating peak thrust
0LBF
Operating impulse
0LBF·S
Static engine tests
0
Hydrostatic tests
0
Engine overview
Alpha was SRT’s first internally designed, built, and tested engine. The initial system established hardware and subsystem concepts that were refined in later generations, including composite oxidizer-tank work, mechanically actuated flow control, and a cubic graphite nozzle.
Program record
Archive- Vehicle
- Valor
- Designed
- SRT-12013–2014
- Built
- SRT-12013–2014
Engine record
Configuration
- Versions
- I
- Vehicle
- Valor
- Engine type
- Hybrid
- Oxidizer
- Nitrous Oxide (N2O)
- Fuel
- Hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene (HTPB)
- Pressurization method
- Self-pressurized
- Injection method
- Impinging Injection
- Axial Injection
Performance
Operating record
- Operating peak thrust
- 350 lbf
- Operating impulse
- 2598 lbf-sec
Verification
Test record
- Hydrostatic tests
- 5
- Cold flow tests
- 1
- Static engine tests
- 2