{"id":117940,"date":"2026-08-08T13:28:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T07:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=117940"},"modified":"2026-08-08T13:28:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T07:58:26","slug":"everest-engine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/everest-engine\/","title":{"rendered":"Everest Engine"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Everest Engine Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Astrobase Space Technologies recently unveiled Everest, an 800 kN Full-Flow Staged Combustion rocket engine, as India\u2019s private space sector targets reusable, high-cadence orbital launches. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Everest Engine<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an <\/span><b>800 kN Full-Flow Staged Combustion (FFSC) rocket engine<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was developed<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by <\/span><b>Astrobase Space Technologies,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a Bengaluru-based Indian space-tech startup.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>India\u2019s first privately developed high-thrust FFSC engine.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is designed for<\/span><b> reusable medium-lift launch vehicles,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> supporting precision control, faster turnaround, and improved launch economics.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>powered by liquid oxygen <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>liquid methane<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a combination known as <\/span><b>methalox<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and is designed to produce about <\/span><b>800 kilonewtons of thrust in the vacuum <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of space.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>What Is Full-Flow Combustion?<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I<\/span><b>n a conventional rocket engine<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, some of the <\/span><b>hot gases produced during combustion <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are used to <\/span><b>power the turbopumps that push fuel and oxidiser<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> into the <\/span><b>main combustion chamber.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A<\/span><b> full-flow engine<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> takes this a step further.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Both the fuel and oxygen<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are first <\/span><b>partially burned in separate pre-burners,<\/b> <b>producing hot gases<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that<\/span><b> drive their respective pumps before both flows enter the main combustion chamber.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This allows the <\/span><b>engine <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to <\/span><b>operate efficiently at very high pressure<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> while <\/span><b>reducing stress on some components.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The design is widely considered among the most advanced approaches to rocket propulsion.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>SpaceX<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is currently the<\/span><b> only company <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to have <\/span><b>flown an FFSC engine <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in an orbital rocket.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>News: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstpost.com\/business\/astrobase-everest-800-kn-ffsc-rocket-engine-india-14036785.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everest Engine is an 800 kN Full-Flow Staged Combustion (FFSC) rocket engine. 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