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Students at University ETH Zurich successfully tested a liquid-fuel rotating detonation rocket engine generating 20,000 detonation waves per second, demonstrating advanced propulsion technology with potential to improve launch efficiency and increase payload capacity.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Understand the operating principles of rotating detonation rocket engines (RDREs).
  • Identify how continuous detonation combustion can improve rocket propulsion efficiency.
READ: Students test rotating rocket engine with 20,000 blasts per second for space missions

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