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Thrust
Sea-Level Version: 200 Tons (400,000 lbf)
Vacuum-Optimized Version: 220 Tons (440,000 lbf)
Isp
Sea-Level Version
Sea-Level: 330s
Vacuum: 355s
Vacuum-Optimized Version
Vacuum: 380s
What it has achieved so far:
1.68 Meganewtons (MN) (172 Metric Tons of thrust)
268.9 Bar (3,900 PSI) Combustion Chamber Pressure
Expected to be capable of:
300 Bar (4,400 PSI) Chamber Pressure
1.96 MN (200 Metric Tons of thrust)
380 Second Isp
First test firing of a Starship/Superheavy Raptor engine (2019) Image Credit: Elon Musk
Raptor test
Video Credit: SpaceX
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