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LΛUNCHER

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LΛUNCHER

@launcher

Launcher (a @vast company) develops the E-2 liquid rocket engine.

Hawthorne, CA

Joined October 2016

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@launcher
Sep 22, 2025
This is what 99%+ combustion efficiency looks like for LOX/Kerosene. Thanks to LOX cooling, E-2 doesn't require chamber film cooling. Paired with a highly efficient injector, combustion efficiency and specific impulse are maximized, boosting payload capacity and unlocking
LΛUNCHER
@launcher
Apr 13, 2024
Who has ever seen a LOX/Kerosene liquid 🚀 engine with a blue plume 💎💎💎💎? Not only does it look spectacular, but it also serves as undeniable proof of the 99%+ combustion efficiency achieved in this test. Enjoy this 3-minute, 20-second test of E-2, a mostly 3D-printed 22k
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@launcher
Oct 17, 2020
Photos by @johnkrausphotos of our first ever Launcher E-2 🚀 engine ignition (3 sec ‘burp’) at @NASAStennis yesterday. Great result, the hardware passed the test and is ready for test #2 next week.
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@launcher
Jan 3, 2023
The Launcher team just witnessed our first spacecraft, Orbiter SN1, launch to orbit on a Falcon 9 rocket! We are so grateful for the opportunity to fly on SpaceX’s Transporter-6 rideshare mission and thankful for our first customers on Orbiter. Separation coming up next! 🙏🚀🛰️
LΛUNCHER
@launcher
Jun 15, 2021
Introducing Launcher Orbiter - the first orbital transfer vehicle compatible with both SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare and a dedicated small launch vehicle (Launcher Light). Orbiter is contracted with @spacex to Fly to Sun-Synchronous Orbit in October 2022. launcherspace.com/orbiter
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@launcher
May 4, 2022
Launcher E-2 3D printed 🚀 engine photos by @johnkrausphotos from today’s performance boost testing. Efficiency increase in action to the point the plume is transparent. We continue to push today with 2-3 more tests at higher mixture ratio.
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@launcher
Apr 23, 2022
E-2 3D-PRINTED 🚀 ENGINE MILESTONE : We reached our nominal 10 metric ton of thrust, highest performance 2.62 o/f mixture ratio and 100 bar of combustion pressure! This chamber is uniquely lox cooled and 3D printed in copper alloy in a single piece.
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@launcher
Oct 13, 2023
The first fully integrated E-2 engine is ready for shipping to @NASAStennis for our upcoming full engine test campaign later this year. E-2 is a 22,000 lbf (10 tf) thrust LOX/Kerosene oxidizer-rich, staged combustion engine. Stay tuned for updates.
LΛUNCHER
@launcher
Feb 12, 2022
E-2 - Making steady progress in developing world’s highest performance liquid 🚀 engine of its class. Goal: lox/rp1, thrust 22k lbf (10tf), mix ratio 2.62, 1400 psi (100 bar) pressure, closed cycle, no throat film cooling, lox cooled, 3D printed. 365s ISP with vac nozzle
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@launcher
Feb 14, 2025
At our Mojave, CA test site, E-2 ran at boosted thrust for a 1-minute duration, achieving 25,000 lbf thrust and measured 295 seconds Isp. Although E-2 is a kerosene/LOX engine, its plume is blue and transparent, demonstrating its 99%+ combustion efficiency. E-2 is now available
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@launcher
Jan 26, 2022
✅ 🚀 Check this transparent plume. The first test of our Orbiter engine: Thrust 240-lbf, Propellants: nitrous oxide/ethane gas stored as liquid, self pressurized. Spark igniter. Oxidizer regen cooling in 3D printed inconel chamber. 280s vac ISP target. More to come soon.
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@launcher
Sep 20, 2025
E-2 making diamonds 💎💎💎 in the desert 🏜️ On September 15, 2025, our new engine unit completed its 6th test fire, a 202 sec full mission duty cycle with zero hardware issues. E-2 manufacturing and test cadence are accelerating.
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@launcher
Aug 5, 2022
Launcher’s first Orbiter transfer vehicle and hosted payload platform successfully completes vibration test 🛰 ✅ launcherspace.com/updates/launch…
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@launcher
Feb 9, 2022
🚀 Our team at @NASAStennis is making great progress on the development of our E-2 engine for Launcher Light. This is the second test of our new coax swirl injector in 250 fps slow motion (successful 2 sec ‘burp’). More to come soon.
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