Country of origin | China |
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Designer | Academy of Aerospace Liquid Propulsion Technology |
AssociatedLV | Long March 9 |
Status | In development |
Liquid-fuel engine | |
Propellant | LOX /CH4 |
Cycle | Full-flowstaged combustion |
Configuration | |
Chamber | 1 |
Performance | |
Thrust, sea-level | 2,000 kilonewtons (450,000 lbf) |
TheYF-215 is aliquidcryogenicrocket engine burningliquid methane andliquid oxygen in afull-flow staged combustion cycle. The engine is currently under development and is designed to power thesuper-heavy launch vehicle Long March 9.
The YF-215 engine has been designed to power the first stage of the Long March 9 rocket, with 26 of these engines in the first stage.[1] A successful ignition test of the pre-combustion chamber and gas generator of the engine was conducted on 12 May 2023.[2]