SpaceX Raptor 3 Engine is Test Fired and Has 17% More Thrust

Do look at that profile.  all the hardware disappeared.  this as much as tells you just why it is getting cheaper to build.  The nozzle itself is the same and we are notching up with performance which is reasonable.  It is the complete disappearance of the tree that stuns.  

A twenty percent improvement achieved is stunning.  losing the tree is equally stunning.  all goes to payload  We are looking at a hot boost now even to orbit if we want for payloads.

It may even mean a hot boost into orbit as well.  all good.

 

SpaceX Raptor 3 Engine is Test Fired and Has 17% More Thrust

SpaceX Raptor 3 Engine is Test Fired and Has 17% More Thrust

May 13, 2023 by Brian Wang

https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2023/05/spacex-raptor-3-engine-is-test-fired-and-has-10-more-thrust.html

SpaceX Raptor 3 is an improved and more powerful rocket enigine. It has reached 350 bar of pressure and 269 tons of thrust.

Raptor 2 engines were achieving 230 tf (510,000 lbf) of thrust consistently by February 2022, although SpaceX expects to be able to tune engine parameters and design over time to achieve at least 250 tf (550,000 lbf). Moreover, Musk indicated that the engine production cost was approximately half that of the Raptor 1 version SpaceX had been using in 2018–2021. In June 2022, Musk tweeted that 250 tons was achievable.

The Saturn V rocket generated 34.5 million newtons (7.6 million pounds) of thrust.