TH-12
Space Pioneer (Tianbing Technology)
The TH-12 is a hundred-ton class liquid oxygen/kerosene engine designed for reusable medium and large liquid launch vehicles.
Key figurescomparable across the catalogue
- Specific impulse
- 285 s
Normalised to common units so this product can be compared with others in its category. The supplier's own wording is below.
As published by the supplier
- Propellant
- Liquid Oxygen + Kerosene
- Sea-level thrust
- 95 t
- Sea-level specific impulse
- 285 s
- Thrust-to-weight ratio
- 163
- Number of starts
- 4 times
- System
- Gas Generator Cycle
- Gimbaling method
- Post-pump Gimbaling
- Variable thrust range
- 50% ~ 110%
- Number of reuses
- ≥50
About
The TH-12 is a powerful liquid rocket engine from Space Pioneer’s Tianhuo series, featuring a hundred-ton class thrust. It utilizes liquid oxygen and kerosene as propellants, making it suitable for reusable medium and large liquid launch vehicles. The engine boasts a sea-level thrust of 95 tons and a sea-level specific impulse of 285 seconds. Operating on a gas generator cycle, it supports a variable thrust range from 50% to 110% and can be started up to 4 times. Designed for reusability, the TH-12 is capable of at least 50 reuses.
Documentation
No public datasheet yet — request the datasheet / ICD from the supplier.