NEXT-GENERATION DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

Dragon One

Dragon One is the team’s next-generation liquid engine development effort, focused on pump-fed propulsion, regenerative cooling, and a more advanced collegiate engine architecture.

Cycle
Pump-Fed
Cooling
Regenerative + Film
Propellants
E85 / N₂O
Status
Early R&D

VISION

A step beyond pressure-fed development

Dragon One represents the next major step in capability for the team. The program is intended to push into more advanced propulsion architecture, higher-performance system design, and deeper cross-disciplinary integration.

This page is designed to grow over time as the program matures, with room for technical callouts, renders, analyses, and milestone documentation.

SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE

Tanks
Feed System
Turbopump
Injector
Chamber

FOCUS AREAS

Program pillars

Pump-fed architecture

Development toward a more advanced liquid propulsion system with higher performance potential.

Thermal management

Exploration of regenerative cooling, film cooling, and system-level thermal constraints.

Integrated R&D

Cross-disciplinary iteration spanning propulsion, controls, structures, operations, and test methodology.

ROADMAP

Development path

PHASE 1
Architecture definition
PHASE 2
Cycle analysis and system modeling
PHASE 3
Turbopump development
PHASE 4
Subsystem prototyping
PHASE 5
Integrated hot-fire campaign

STATUS

Early-stage development

Dragon One is currently in early-stage development. As the program progresses, this page will be updated with technical analyses, subsystem designs, test data, and validated milestones.