General Electric X-405
Historical General Electric X-405 liquid rocket engine used as the first-stage powerplant of the Vanguard launch vehicle. NASA's Vanguard characteristics table records LOX/RP-1 propellants and 124,544 N (about 124.5 kN) thrust; the row remains a distinct historical engine identity.
Identity
- Aliases
- X-405
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Identity Level
- model
- Kind
- liquid-rocket-engine
- Name
- General Electric X-405
- Status
- historical
Details
- Description
- Historical General Electric X-405 liquid rocket engine used as the first-stage powerplant of the Vanguard launch vehicle. NASA's Vanguard characteristics table records LOX/RP-1 propellants and 124,544 N (about 124.5 kN) thrust; the row remains a distinct historical engine identity.
- Developers
- Manufacturers
- Propellants
- RP-1liquid oxygen
- Rocket Specs
- Sea Level Thrust Kn
- 124.5
Links
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- July 29, 2026 at 08:40:10 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 15, 2026 at 06:38:03 UTC
Other
- Sources
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-14
- Note
- NASA's Vanguard characteristics table identifies the GE X-405 as the first-stage powerplant, records 124,544 N thrust and LOX/RP-1 propellants, and attributes the first-stage propulsion to General Electric Company.
- Publisher
- NASA Technical Reports Server
- Title
- Expendable Launch Vehicle Flight Control Design