DOK-50
Designer: Isayev. Propellants: Hydrazine. Thrust(vac): 50 N (11 lbf). Isp: 229 sec. Burn time: 1,500 sec. Mass Engine: 1.10 kg (2.40 lb). Chambers: 1. Chamber Pressure: 8.00 bar. Area Ratio: 42.00. Thrust to Weight Ratio: 4.63. Country: Russia. Status: In Production.

Pressure-fed monopropellant engine. Thermal decomposition of hydrazine by an iridium-based catalyst, which heated to increase stability. 40,000 ignitions


Bibliography and Further Reading
  • Haeseler, Dietrich, Visit to the museum of Chemical Machining Design Bureau, Kalinin 1998 via Dietrich Haeseler.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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