S5.3

Other Designations: S5.3. Designer: Isayev. Developed in: 1958-63. Application: R-21 (SS-N-5). Propellants: Nitric acid/Amine. Thrust(vac): 392.000 kN (88,125 lbf). Chambers: 4. Country: Russia. Status: Out of Production.

First engine to start underwater. 392 kN sea-level.

Bibliography and Further Reading

Russian Space Industry, Federation of American Scentists Web Pages, 1998 via Dietrich Haeseler. Accessed at: http://www.fas.org/spp/civil/russia/.

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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