YaRD OKB-456

Designer: Glushko. Developed in: 1958-. Application: nuclear launcher. Propellants: Nuclear/Ammonia. Thrust(vac): 1,373.000 kN (308,662 lbf). Isp: 470 sec. Isp (sea level): 430 sec. Burn time: 500 sec. Chambers: 1. Country: Russia. Status: Development ended 1960.

Korolev began work on 3 nuclear launchers on 30 June 1958. Competing engine design was by Bondaryuk. Used nuclear reactor in cylindrical housing, operating at 3000 deg K. Propellant heated in the reactor and exhausted through four expansion nozzles.

YaRD OKB-456 used on Rocket Stages

Used on stage: Superraket Block B. on launch vehicle: Superraket.

Used on stage: YaKhR-2 Core. on launch vehicle: YaKhR-2.

Used on stage: YaRD ICBM OKB-456. on launch vehicle: YaRD ICBM.

Bibliography and Further Reading

Semenov, Yuri P Editor, Raketno-kosmicheskaya korporatsiya 'Energia' imeni S P Koroleva, Moscow, Russia, 1996. Russian in-house history of the Energia Corporation and its predecessors. Unprecedented detail, photographs, designations, and drawings, on the products of Korolev's OKB.

Semenov, Yu. P., S P Korolev Space Corporation Energia, RKK Energia, 1994. ISBN: 1896522815. Dual English/Russian language picture book of the history of the Energia Corporation. Many unique photos and drawings of Korolev's rockets and spacecraft. Republished by Apogee books in 2000. More at amazon.com...

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