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RD-857

Engine · Ukraine

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RD-857
RD-857
Credit: via Dietrich Haeseler

Yuzhnoye N2O4/UDMH rocket engine. RT-20P missile stage 2. Out of production. Designed for second stage of mixed propulsion missile, only flight tests. Thrust vector control by secondary gas injection into nozzle. First flight 1967.

Second thrust level at 12.75 kN.

Engine: 190 kg (410 lb). Chamber Pressure: 127.50 bar. Thrust to Weight Ratio: 73.68. Oxidizer to Fuel Ratio: 2.6.

Country
Ukraine
Launch Vehicles
RT-20P
Propellants
N2O4/UDMH
Agency
Yuzhnoye
Bibliography
323, 344, 348