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17D15
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Government Designation: 17D15. Designer: Korolev. Developed in: 1976-88. Application: Buran OMS large verniers. Propellants: GOX/Sintin. Thrust(vac): 4.000 kN (899 lbf). Isp: 295 sec. Burn time: 10,800 sec. Chambers: 1. Area Ratio: 50.00. Country: Russia. Status: Out of Production. Large verniers for Buran orbital propulsion system 17D11. Uses synthetic kerosene ('Sintin') for high specific impulse. Oxygen is gaseous in system. Pulse mode up to 8 Hz with 180 s spec. impulse. Area ratio 19.8 - 50.
Bibliography and Further Reading - Haeseler, Dietrich, Information from NPO Energia museum exhibit, Nov. 1992 via Dietrich Haeseler.
- Burya article, Lavochkin web site.
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