KDU-414

Manufacturer Name: KTDU-414. Government Designation: 11D414. Other Designations: S5.19. Designer: Isayev. Developed in: 1960-65. Application: Molniya 1, Mars 1, Venera 1, Zond 2-3 maneuvering engine. Propellants: Nitric acid/UDMH. Thrust(vac): 1.961 kN (441 lbf). Isp: 272 sec. Burn time: 40 sec. Mass Engine: 61 kg (134 lb). Diameter: 0.74 m (2.42 ft). Length: 1.02 m (3.34 ft). Chambers: 1. Chamber Pressure: 11.80 bar. Oxidizer to Fuel Ratio: 2.60. Thrust to Weight Ratio: 3.27. Country: Russia. Status: Out of Production.

Spacecraft maneuvering engine.

KDU-414 used on Spacecraft

Used on: Mars 2MV-4.

Used on: Mars 3MV-4A.

Used on: Molniya-1.

Used on: Venera 1VA.

Bibliography and Further Reading

Glushko, V P (ed), Kosmonavtika Entsiklopedi, Moscow 1985 via Dietrich Haeseler.

Russian Arms Catalogue, Vol 5 and 6, Military Parade, Moscow via Dietrich Haeseler.

Kudryavtseva, V M, ed., Zhidkostnikh Raketnikh Dvigatley, Visshaya Shkola, Moscow, 1993. ISBN: 5060025632. Russian-language textbook on rocket theory. More at amazon.com...

Siddiqi, Asif A, Soviet Space Web Page, 1999 via Dietrich Haeseler. Asif Siddiqi presents material that could not be fit into his monumental 'Challenge to Apollo'. Accessed at: http://home.earthlink.net/~cliched/main_space.html.

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