S5.45
Other Designations: S5.45. Designer: Isayev. Application: correction engine for Zond-1, Venera-2-8, and others. Propellants: Nitric acid/UDMH. Thrust(vac): 1,961.000 kN (440,850 lbf). Isp: 267 sec. Burn time: 53 sec. Mass Engine: 52 kg (114 lb). Chambers: 1. Chamber Pressure: 11.80 bar. Area Ratio: 16.00. Oxidizer to Fuel Ratio: 2.60. Thrust to Weight Ratio: 3,846.15. Country: Russia. Status: Out of Production.

Pressure-fed engine. Used as correction engine for spacecraft Zond-1, Vernera-8, and others.


Bibliography and Further Reading
  • Russian Arms Catalogue, Vol 5 and 6, Military Parade, Moscow via Dietrich Haeseler.
  • Glushko, V P, Albom Konstruktsiy ZhRD, Vol. 1 1968, Vol. 3 & 4 1969 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...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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