Aerospace Engines A to Z
Aerospace Engines A to Z

Updated: 24-Apr-2020

This is the "Lockheed Propulsion Company" and successor to the "Grand Central Rocket Company" since 1963.

-They made a series of auxiliary thrust-vectoring control engines for spacecraft, capsule-escape system engines, etc.

LPC-415
“LPC-415”

-Although these engines used mainly solid fuel, there were also hybrids of solid propellant with liquid oxidizer.

-They were used in projects of the time such as Apollo, SRAM, Saturn, etc.

-The LPC-415 was for USAF SRAM (Short Range Attack Missile) missiles. It used solid propellant.

-The LPC SR13-LP-1 is known for air-to-air missiles. (Solid Rocket).

-The Apollo project's escape-capsule-launch engine also carried another LPC engine, type A-1, to separate it from the Saturn rocket in an emergency.

-As we saw in the Lockheed chapter, other series of engines were the Viper, Sword and Lance along with those for orbit correction (LP-119) or reentry (LP-118).

-RSVPs could stop and start multiple times, making it a controllable system for multiple space applications.

-A photograph of the LSM-156-5 is offered in the chapter mentioned above.

Launch-escape system
“Launch escape system”

LES (Launch Escape System) test
“LES (Launch Escape System) test”

-The launch escape system that we see in the bow of the Saturn is a small rocket that launches away from it if an emergency occurs. The photograph shows a test carried out on a small "Little John" rocket where we can see the system.

From Appendix 9: As from the Lockheed propulsion laboratory we have:

-LPC-A1
-MG-18

Engines of LPC

Model: LP-118

Arquitecture:
Chambers:
Fuels:
Feed System:
Ignition:
Thrust:
Weight:

Other details:
Model: LP-119

Arquitecture:
Chambers:
Fuels:
Feed System:
Ignition:
Thrust:
Weight:

Other details:
Model: LPC-415

Arquitecture:
Chambers:
Fuels:
Feed System:
Ignition:
Thrust:
Weight:

Other details:
LPC-415

"LPC-415"

Model: LPC-A1

Arquitecture:
Chambers:
Fuels:
Feed System:
Ignition:
Thrust:
Weight:

Other details:
Model: LSM-156-5

Arquitecture:
Chambers:
Fuels:
Feed System:
Ignition:
Thrust:
Weight:

Other details:
Model: MG-18

Arquitecture:
Chambers:
Fuels:
Feed System:
Ignition:
Thrust:
Weight:

Other details:
Model: RSVP

Arquitecture:
Chambers:
Fuels:
Feed System:
Ignition:
Thrust:
Weight:

Other details:
Model: SR13-LP-1

Arquitecture:
Chambers:
Fuels:
Feed System:
Ignition:
Thrust:
Weight:

Other details: