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RD-0255
Credit - KBKhA
Engine Model: RD-0255. Manufacturer Name: RD-0255. Designer: Kosberg. Developed in: 1983-89. Application: R-36M2 / RS-20V (SS-18 Mod-4) stage 2. Propellants: N2O4/UDMH. Thrust(vac): 755.000 kN (169,730 lbf). Chambers: 1 + 4. Country: Russia. First Flight: 1986. Last Flight: 2006. Flown: 42.

Comprises of single-chamber main engine RD-0256 plus four-chamber steering engines RD-0257. Development based on RD-0228 with thrust increase by 11%.

RD-0255 used on Rocket Stages
Bibliography:

  • Russian Arms Catalogue, Vol 5 and 6, Military Parade, Moscow via Dietrich Haeseler.
  • Golubev, A A, KB KhimAvtomatiki - Straniy Istorii, Vol. 1, Voronezh 1995 via Dietrich Haeseler.
  • Lardier, C, Air et Cosmos, "SS-18", 2 Sept. 1994 via Dietrich Haeseler.
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