Liquid

Rocket Lab designs, develops and manufactures a small range of liquid rocket engines mainly focusing on Hydrogen Peroxide mono and Bi-Propellants. Liquid rocket engine projects at Rocket Lab include the development of a liquid bi-propellant engine for the Aussie Invader 5R Land Speed Record Vehicle. The vehicle is currently being designed and manufactured in Australia to attempt to reach speeds in excess of 1000mph and therefore break the World Land Speed Record. The engine under development for Aussie Invader 5R will produce about 62,000 lbs of thrust and uses blow down LOX and Kerosene.

Hydrogen Peroxide

Rocket Lab has significant experience in H2O2 propulsion technology. The company has the ability to manufacture small quantities of 95% H2O2 for test bed engine research and demonstrator projects. To date the company has completed research into mono-propellant and hypergolic bi-propellant operation. A significant portion of the research was focused on liquid catalysts to remove the troublesome metallic catalyst packs.