The study shows the design and optimization of a LOX centrifugal pump with CFturbo/CFturbo BLADERUNNER 2025.R1 for a fictional rocket engine powered by LOX/RP-1, which delivers around 250 kN thrust at an exit velocity of 3,000 m/s. Current designs such as the medium-weight SpaceX Falcon 9 launcher or the much smaller RFA ONE from Rocket Factory Augsburg, which is still under development, use nine engines in the first rocket stage. Nine of the fictional engines would be enough to launch a payload of 3,400 kg into low earth orbit (LEO).
