Skip to content
79,433 pages · 13,741 images · since 1994 Browse A–Z Today in space history
Encyclopedia Astronautica The full story of spaceflight
Encyclopedia entry

RD-861

Engine · Ukraine

Original archive entry. The text, images and links below are kept as they were written.

RD-861
RD-861
Credit: © Dietrich Haeseler

Yuzhnoye N2O4/UDMH rocket engine. Tsyklon 2 and 3 stage 3; Ikar. In production. Based on RD-854. Thrust vector control by 4 nozzles (thrust 98 N each) fed from a gas generator. First flight 1965.

Mass given in ref. IAF-97-S.1.04 is 162 kg instead of 123 kg originally stated.

Chambers: 1 + 4 + 2. Engine: 123 kg (271 lb). Chamber Pressure: 88.80 bar. Area Ratio: 112.4. Thrust to Weight Ratio: 65.25. Oxidizer to Fuel Ratio: 2.1.

Country
Ukraine
Launch Vehicles
Tsiklon-2, Tsiklon-3
Propellants
N2O4/UDMH
Agency
Yuzhnoye
Bibliography
326, 348, 42, 4477