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The RD-107 and RD-108 engines are produced at the JSC Kuznetsov plant in Samara, Russia, under the supervision of the Privolzhskiy branch of NPO Energomash, also known as the Volga branch. [1] [3] [5] The Privolzhsky branch was organized as a branch of OKB-456 in 1958, specifically for the manufacture of RD-107 and RD-108 engines. The branch ...
'Rocket Engine 855', GRAU index: 8D68M), also known as the RD-68M, is a liquid-fueled rocket engine with four nozzles. As a vernier engine , it provides fine steering adjustments for rockets. It is powered by a hypergolic mixture of unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine (UDMH) fuel with dinitrogen tetroxide ( N 2 O 4 ) oxidizer. [ 2 ]
Liquid rocket engines have tankage and pipes to store and transfer propellant, an injector system and one or more combustion chambers with associated nozzles.. Typical liquid propellants have densities roughly similar to water, approximately 0.7 to 1.4 g/cm 3 (0.025 to 0.051 lb/cu in).
The RD-0162 rocket engine was developed at the Voronezh KBKhA after 2006, initially with an engine version aimed at 2,000 kN (200 tf) thrust, and later, after 2012, a smaller version with a thrust of 416 kN (42.4 tf) in the RD-0162SD version. Engine development funding was included in the Russian Federal Space Program for 2016–2025.
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RD-0210 (GRAU Index: 8D411K): Also known as the RD-465, it is an evolution of the RD-0208. Used on the second stage of the Proton-K and Proton-M rockets. [17] RD-0211 (GRAU Index: 8D412K): Also known as the RD-468, it is the same as RD-0210, but with a heat exchanger like the RD-0209. Used on the second stage of the Proton-K and Proton-M rockets.
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