4D10

Government Designation: 4D10. Designer: Isayev. Application: R-27 / RSM-25 (SS-N-6). Propellants: N2O4/UDMH. Thrust(vac): 255.000 kN (57,326 lbf). Chambers: 1 + 4. Country: Russia. Status: Out of Production.

First engine system to be submerged in propellant tank. One main engine chamber plus unknown number (probably 4) of steering thrusters. Thrust 226 + 29 kN.

Bibliography and Further Reading

Shirokorad, A, Rakety nad Morem, Second Edition, Tekhnika I Vooruzhenie, Moscow 11-12, 1997 via Dietrich Haeseler.

Russian Space Industry, Federation of American Scentists Web Pages, 1998 via Dietrich Haeseler. Accessed at: http://www.fas.org/spp/civil/russia/.

Russian Arms Catalogue, Vol 5 and 6, Military Parade, Moscow via Dietrich Haeseler.

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