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Raptor 3 is engineering art
X Freeze@XFreeze· Apr 29, 2026Raptor 3 is engineering black magic
SpaceX’s Raptor is the FIRST full-flow staged combustion engine to ever fly - only the 3rd ever built (after the Soviet RD-270 and the 2000s US demo that never flew)
→ Both fuel-rich + oxidizer-rich preburners
→ 100% of propellant through
02:38 PM · April 29, 2026 · 25.8M views
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