Engine Catalog

SpaceX Engines

Engine-level catalog for Raptor, Merlin, and Dragon propulsion systems.

What this engine catalog answers

This page owns the SpaceX propulsion index: engine families, propellant notes, cycle labels, operational status, and links into the vehicle pages where each engine is used.

Engine records

5 catalog item(s)

Operational records

5 item(s)

Raptor family

Full-flow staged combustion

Merlin family

2 Falcon engine record(s)

Vehicle relationship map

Engine pages describe propulsion hardware. Vehicle pages own launch-system context, flight pages own named SpaceX mission groups, and exact launch records own countdowns, pads, status, and watch links.

Starship and Super Heavy vehicles Falcon 9 vehicle page Dragon spacecraft page

Engine family map

RaptorStarship and Super Heavy methane-oxygen engine family.Merlin2 Falcon engine records cover booster and vacuum-optimized upper-stage propulsion.Draco and SuperDraco2 Dragon propulsion records cover orbital maneuvering and abort-system context.

Raptor
operational
Full-flow staged combustion
Starship and Super Heavy methane-oxygen engine family.
Merlin 1D
operational
Gas-generator cycle
Falcon first-stage kerolox engine family.
Merlin Vacuum
operational
Vacuum-optimized gas-generator cycle
Falcon upper-stage vacuum engine for orbital insertion burns.
Draco
operational
Hypergolic reaction control thruster
Dragon reaction control thrusters for orbital maneuvering and attitude control.
SuperDraco
operational
Hypergolic abort propulsion
Crew Dragon launch escape propulsion system.

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