Spectre
Firefly Aerospace Spectre is a chemical reaction-control thruster set using MMH fuel and MON-3 oxidizer. Eight Spectre thrusters on Blue Ghost Mission 1 produced 1,600 N total thrust for orientation and final descent; Firefly also identifies Spectre as the main engine for Elytra spacecraft. Lifecycle is active and flight-proven.
Identity
- Aliases
- Spectre thrusterSpectre RCS thruster
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Identity Level
- model
- Kind
- chemical-thruster
- Name
- Spectre
- Status
- active
Details
- Description
- Firefly Aerospace Spectre is a chemical reaction-control thruster set using MMH fuel and MON-3 oxidizer. Eight Spectre thrusters on Blue Ghost Mission 1 produced 1,600 N total thrust for orientation and final descent; Firefly also identifies Spectre as the main engine for Elytra spacecraft. Lifecycle is active and flight-proven.
- Developers
- Manufacturers
- Propellants
- monomethylhydrazineMON-3
Links
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 15, 2026 at 04:32:52 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 22, 2026 at 14:40:27 UTC
Other
- Sources
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-22
- Note
- Firefly identifies eight in-house Spectre reaction-control thrusters on Blue Ghost Mission 1 and reports 1,600 N total thrust for orientation and soft-landing control; the total is retained in the installation context rather than divided into an unsupported per-thruster scalar.
- Publisher
- Firefly Aerospace
- Title
- Blue Ghost Mission 1: Ghost Riders in the Sky
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-14
- Publisher
- Firefly Aerospace
- Title
- Elytra DIU Sinequone