Original creation of Atomic Joe

• Start: 2/23/2020
• Time: ~80-100 hrs
• Software: Blender 3D

SpaceX raptor engine modeled by AtomicJoe entirely off public information and reference images prior to the first launches of SN-5 and SN-6

High quality 3840x7680 resolution render provided

Included file formats:.obj.stl.fbx.dae

Engine specific detailsThe SpaceX Raptor is a full-flow staged combustion, methane-fueled rocket engine manufactured by SpaceX. The engine is powered by cryogenic liquid methane and liquid oxygen (LOX), rather than the RP-1 kerosene and LOX used in SpaceX's prior Merlin and Kestrel rocket engines. The earliest concepts for Raptor considered liquid hydrogen (LH2) as fuel rather than methane. The Raptor engine has more than two times the thrust of the Merlin 1D engine that powers the current Falcon 9 launch vehicle. Raptor will be used in both stages of the two-stage-to-orbit, super-heavy-lift Starship system launch vehicle. The Raptor engine is a highly reusable methalox staged combustion engine that will power the next generation of SpaceX launch vehicles designed to replace all existing SpaceX vehicles, including the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launch vehicles and the SpaceX Dragon 2. Raptor engines are expected to be used in various applications, including existing Earth-orbit satellite delivery market, the exploration and colonization of Mars. Raptor engines began flight testing on the Starhopper in July 2019 and became the first full-flow staged combustion rocket engine ever flown. As of August 2020, Raptor also produces the highest combustion chamber pressure ever reached by an operational rocket engine.