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Article: Pratt & Whitney tests increased thrust RL10 rocket engine. (United Technologies' Pratt & Whitney; General Dynamics Atlas IIA launch vehicle's rocket engine)
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- March 7, 1989
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PRATT & WHITNEY TESTS INCREASED THRUST RL10 ROCKET ENGINE
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., March 7 /PRNewswire/ -- United Technologies' (NYSE: UTX) Pratt & Whitney has successfully tested an increased thrust RL10 rocket engine, which will provide the ability to launch heavier payloads into space. The liquid hydrogen/liquid oxygen rocket engine, designated the RL10A-4, is being developed to power the Centaur stage of the General Dynamics Atlas IIA launch vehicle.
"Development of this engine, which provides 25 percent more thrust than the current RL10, is important to America's space program since there is an increasing need to launch heavier payloads," said ...