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=== Classifications === | === Classifications === | ||
An additional descriptor called an engine's classification is used to describe the engine's intended purpose. | An additional descriptor called an engine's classification is used to describe the engine's intended purpose. | ||
==== Launcher ==== | |||
Launcher engines offer substantial thrust for their [[Size|size]] and are best suited for the initial lifting stage of a rocket. | |||
==== Sustainer ==== | |||
Sustainer engines offer a balance of mobility and decent thrust to carry a rocket through the upper atmosphere and into orbit. | |||
==== Orbital ==== | |||
Orbital engines typically provide lower thrust but decent fuel efficiency to help vessels conduct adjustments and maneuvers within a sphere of influence. | |||
==== Deep Space ==== | |||
Deep space engines typically provide significant fuel efficiency to facilitate long burns for traveling between distant spheres of influence such as interplanetary trajectories. | |||
Revision as of 03:21, 16 March 2025
Engines make the rocket go.
Types
There are six types of engines in the game, defined by the fuel they burn to generate thrust.
- Methalox
- Methane
- Solid Fuel
- Monopropellant
- Xenon
- Hydrogen
Classifications
An additional descriptor called an engine's classification is used to describe the engine's intended purpose.
Launcher
Launcher engines offer substantial thrust for their size and are best suited for the initial lifting stage of a rocket.
Sustainer
Sustainer engines offer a balance of mobility and decent thrust to carry a rocket through the upper atmosphere and into orbit.
Orbital
Orbital engines typically provide lower thrust but decent fuel efficiency to help vessels conduct adjustments and maneuvers within a sphere of influence.
Deep Space
Deep space engines typically provide significant fuel efficiency to facilitate long burns for traveling between distant spheres of influence such as interplanetary trajectories.