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A louder rumble in Rocket City! We just completed our first BE-4 engine hotfire test at the historic Test Stand 4670 in Huntsville. We also continue to test BE-4 engines at our Texas facility. The BE-4 engine produces 550,000 pounds of thrust and is our most powerful engine yet.

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John Kraus2 年前

💪💪💪

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Homer Hickam2 年前

Prodigious! Go Big Blue!

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Titan IIIE2 年前

Starship power raptor engine 🔥

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Space By Storm2 年前

Sweet BE4 Heat!!! 😎🚀🔥🔥🔥

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💫Shamara💫2 年前

Look at y’all getting me all worked up in Huntsville! 🚀🔥😉

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Jack Clancy2 年前

Triethylborane?

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Adam2 年前

2/10 high five execution

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Shortdrop694202 年前

Isn’t the BE-4 a flight proven engine. What’s so special about this test? (Not saying it isn’t awesome)

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Joel Eby2 年前

Crank it up. The big engine has arrived at 4670. Can't tell you how much I love days like this.

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1AI2 年前

Congrats nice accomplishment.

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