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Rocketry Glossary

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Linear Aerospike

An approach, pioneered by the Rocketdyne company (now a division of Boeing) in the 1970s, places the combustion chambers in a line along two sides of the nozzle. A Linear Aerospike was planned for the now defunct Lockheed-Martin X-33 project.


   

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