RD-218
Engine · Russia
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Glushko Nitric acid/UDMH rocket engine. R-16 stage 1. Consisted of three RD-217; had 6 combustion chambers and 3 turbines; powered the R-16 ICBM. First flight 1960.
The RD-218 powered the R-16 ICBM that was referred to by Khrushchev at the UN when he claimed the USSR was producing missiles like sausages. Both the engines and the R-16 were built at Dnepropetrovsk in the Ukraine. The missile was in service until the 1970s. Diameter is per chamber. An earlier version of the engine used in the R-16 had a vacuum thrust of 255,400 kgf.
Chambers: 6. Thrust (sl): 2,220.000 kN (499,070 lbf). Thrust (sl): 226,400 kgf. Engine: 1,960 kg (4,320 lb). Chamber Pressure: 73.60 bar. Area Ratio: 18.8. Propellant Formulation: AK27I/UDMH. Thrust to Weight Ratio: 135.71. Oxidizer to Fuel Ratio: 2.5.
Related
- Family
- Storable liquid
- Country
- Russia
- Launch Vehicles
- R-16
- Propellants
- Nitric acid/UDMH
- Stages
- R-16-1
- Agency
- Glushko bureau