RD-0410
RD-0410 NTP Engine
Credit - © Dietrich Haeseler
Manufacturer Name: RD-0410. Government Designation: 11B91. Designer: Kosberg. Developed in: 1965-94. Application: Experimental nuclear engine. Propellants: Nuclear/LH2. Thrust(vac): 35.300 kN (7,936 lbf). Isp: 910 sec. Burn time: 3,600 sec. Mass Engine: 2,000 kg (4,400 lb). Diameter: 1.60 m (5.20 ft). Length: 3.50 m (11.40 ft). Chambers: 1. Thrust to Weight Ratio: 1.80. Country: Russia. Status: Developed 1965-94. First Flight: 1985.

Nuclear thermal rocket engine. Propellant LH2. Developed from 1965 through 1980s. Tested at Semipalatinsk test range in 1980s and was "the only operational nuclear engine in the USSR".

Bibliography and Further Reading
  • Golubev, A A, KB KhimAvtomatiki - Straniy Istorii, Vol. 1, Voronezh 1995 via Dietrich Haeseler.
  • Suborbital flights listing (internet post), .
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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