Astrobotic’s Chakram RDRE Delivers Spiraling Exhaust and a Record-Setting Burn
Astrobotic unveils its Chakram rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE), showing three detonation waves that produce a spiraling exhaust flame and delivering over 4,000 pounds of thrust in tests at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, including a 300-second burn believed to be a new RDRE record. The results hint at potential uses from lunar landers to in-space propulsion.