Gamma 8
The Gamma 8 liquid-propellant engine used as the first-stage propulsion system of the British Black Arrow orbital launcher. It is modeled as one eight-chamber engine assembly, not eight unrelated engine records.
Identity
- Aliases
- Gamma-8Black Arrow first-stage Gamma engine
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Identity Level
- model
- Kind
- liquid-rocket-engine
- Name
- Gamma 8
- Status
- retired
Details
- Description
- The Gamma 8 liquid-propellant engine used as the first-stage propulsion system of the British Black Arrow orbital launcher. It is modeled as one eight-chamber engine assembly, not eight unrelated engine records.
- Propellants
- HTPkerosene
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Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 1, 2026 at 17:36:03 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 1, 2026 at 17:36:03 UTC
Other
- Sources
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-01
- Note
- The UK Space Agency describes Black Arrow as a three-stage launcher with a single eight-chambered first-stage engine and HTP/kerosene propulsion heritage.
- Publisher
- UK Space Agency
- Title
- 50 years since Black Arrow launched the UK into space
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-01
- Note
- The contemporary technical article identifies the first-stage Gamma engine arrangement and the HTP/kerosene propulsion system.
- Publisher
- Air & Space Forces Magazine
- Title
- Black Arrow launch-vehicle technical article, August 1970