Rocket Lab VLM Rocket Engine

Rocket Lab recently achieved a major milestone for its high density monopropellant (VLM) research by the successful full scale test fire of a motor which is scheduled to fly in November 2012. The research, supported by DARPA and ONR, aims to demonstrate the performance, controllability and safely of the new propulsion system over current state of the art.

Viscous Liquid Monopropellant (VLM) is high density Monopropellant aimed at providing a high performance alternative to liquid & solid propulsion.
Has the density of a solid and the controllability of a liquid, can be started, stopped and throttled arbitrarily.

Storable ~300 ISP @40E vac

VLM delivers revolutionary propulsion system performance and cost.

Non-Toxic green propellant that is soluble in water for Hydrazine replacement

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