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Object details:

Object Name: Rocket Engine, Liquid Fuel, Navaho Missile

Smithsonian Record ID: edanmdm:nasm_A19700250000

Object Name
Rocket Engine, Liquid Fuel, Navaho Missile

Metadata Usage
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Guid
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv93abcdcfa-2051-4e9b-81dc-edbe57c467d6

Data Source
National Air and Space Museum

Manufacturer
North American Aviation Inc.

Materials
Titanium alloys, stainless steel, and other metals.

Dimensions
Overall: 6 ft. 7 in. tall x 6 ft. 4 in. wide x 8 ft. 9 in. long (200.66 x
193.04 x 266.7cm)

Dimensions
Other (Chamber): 5 ft. 5 1/2 in. diameter (166.37cm)

Summary
This two-chambered, liquid-fuel rocket engine built by North American
Aviation served as the booster for the Navaho missile that was powered by two
ramjets. The booster was to quickly get the missile up to supersonic speed for its
ramjets to operate. Each chamber produced 120,000 pounds of thrust, or 240,000
pounds total, using kerosene and liquid oxygen as propellants.

Summary
Navaho had a 8,850 kilometer (5,500 mile) range. It never became operational
and was canceled in 1957. However, its booster-rocket engine was extremely
important in the evolution of American large-scale, liquid-fuel engines, including
those for the Redstone, Jupiter, Thor, and Atlas missiles, the Saturn V launch
vehicle, and the Space Shuttle. This object was donated to the Smithsonian in 1970
by Rocketdyne.

Alternate Name
Navajo Rocket Engine
 Country of Origin
United States of America

Credit Line
Gift of Rocketdyne, Division of North American Aviation Co.

Inventory Number
A19700250000

Date
1951-1956

Type
PROPULSION-Rocket Engines
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