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Xcor: piston pump test successful

Washington, USA - The next step is the integration with the Lynx fuselage

Xcor has revealed that its new-generation liquid oxygen piston pump completed testing and is currently ready for being integrated with the Lynx. The Xcor Lynx is a suborbital spacecraft capable of horizontal takeoff and landing. "We are ready to integrate that pump with the Lynx main engine and start doing pump fed tests. All the tests on that engine to this point have been pressure fed, and that...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1141242
Rome, Italy, 05/25/2012 15:02
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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