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Lox/LNG

Propellant

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Liquid oxygen and liquid natural gas have been proposed as a cleaner propellant combination than the standard liquid oxygen/kerosene.

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  • RD-0110MD Kosberg LOx/LNG rocket engine. Developed 1994-on. Prototype engine for tests with propellants LOX/liquefied natural gas. Tests performed from 30 April 1998 on, test duration 20s.
  • RD-0132M Kosberg LOx/LNG rocket engine. Vozdushnyy Start stage 2. Design concept 1998-. Proposed variant of RD-0132, replacing hydrogen by liquid natural gas. Initially selected for stage 2 of Vozdushnyy Start project by Kompomash.
  • RD-0134 Kosberg LOx/LNG rocket engine. stage 1. Developed 1998-on. Proposed engine for LOX/liquid natural gas. Staged combustion cycle variant of RD-0139.
  • RD-0139 Kosberg LOx/LNG rocket engine. stage 1. Developed 1998-on. Proposed engine for LOX/liquid natural gas. Gas generator cycle with turbine gas injection into supersonic nozzle.
  • RD-0140 Kosberg LOx/LNG rocket engine. stage 2. Developed 1998-on. Proposed engine for LOX/liquid natural gas. Gas generator cycle with turbine gas injection into supersonic nozzle.
  • RD-0141 Kosberg LOx/LNG rocket engine. stage 1. Developed 1998-on. Proposed engine for LOX/liquid natural gas. Staged combustion cycle. Obviously variant of RD-0141 with larger nozzle.
  • RD-0142 Kosberg LOx/LNG rocket engine. stage 2. Developed 1998-on. Proposed engine for LOX/liquid natural gas. Staged combustion cycle. Obviously variant of RD-0141 with larger nozzle.
  • RD-0143 Kosberg LOx/LNG rocket engine. Vozdushnyy Start stage 2. Design concept 1998-. Proposed variant of RD-0124, replacing kerosene by liquid natural gas. Selected for stage 2 of Vozdushnyy Start project by Kompomash.
  • RD-0143A Kosberg LOx/LNG rocket engine. Vozdushnyy Start stage 1. Design concept 1998-. Proposed single chamber variant of RD-0143. Selected for stage 1 of Vozdushnyy Start project by Kompomash.
  • RD-0144 Kosberg LOx/LNG rocket engine. upper stage. Developed 1998-on. Proposed engine for LOX/liquid natural gas. Staged combustion cycle. Radiation cooled nozzle extension.
  • RD-0145 Kosberg LOx/LNG rocket engine. upper stage. Developed 1998-on. Proposed engine for LOX/liquid natural gas. Staged combustion cycle. Four-chamber variant of RD-0144.
  • RD-0149 Kosberg LOx/LNG rocket engine. upper stage. Developed 1998-on. Proposed engine for LOX/liquid natural gas. Staged combustion cycle. Variant of RD-0141 with larger nozzle.
  • RD-0229M Kosberg LOx/LNG rocket engine. Vozdushnyy Start stage 1. Developed 1997. Derivative of RD-0229 for the propellants LOX and liquid natural gas (methane). Initial candidate for stage 1 propulsion of Vozdushnyy Start project by Kompomash.
  • RD-182M Glushko LOx/LNG rocket engine. Vozdushnyy Start stage 1. Developed 1998-. Variant of RD-182 engine for liquid natural gas (mainly CH4). Proposed initial candidate for project Vozdushnyy Start of Kompomash.
  • RD-56M LNG Isayev LOx/LNG rocket engine. Vozdushnyy Start stage 2. Developed 1996-. Variant of RD-56M using liquid natural gas in place of hydrogen. First engine tests performed in 1998.

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