RD-0105

RD-0105
Credit - KBKhA

Manufacturer Name: RD-0105. Government Designation: 8D714. Other Designations: RO-5, RD-428. Designer: Kosberg. Developed in: 1957-59. Application: R-7 8K72 Luna stage 3 (block E-Luna). Propellants: Lox/Kerosene. Thrust(vac): 49.400 kN (11,106 lbf). Isp: 316 sec. Burn time: 440 sec. Mass Engine: 125 kg (275 lb). Diameter: 2.56 m (8.39 ft). Chambers: 1. Chamber Pressure: 45.00 bar. Thrust to Weight Ratio: 40.00. Country: Russia. Status: Out of production. First Flight: 1958. Last Flight: 1960. Flown: 13.

RD-0105 was developed jointly with OKB-1 on the basis of a steering chamber from RD-107 engine, which was developed by OKB-1. Developed in nine months.

RD-0105 used on Rocket Stages

Used on stage: Luna 8K72-2. on launch vehicle: Luna 8K72.

Used on stage: Vostok 8K72-2. on launch vehicle: Vostok 8K72.

Bibliography and Further Reading

Varfolomyev, Timothy, Spaceflight, "Soviet Rocketry that Conquered Space - Part 2", 1996, Volume 38, page 48. 1: Sp 95/37-260; Sp 96/38-31 (8K71 launches); 2: Sp 96/38-48; 3: Sp 96/38-206; Sp 96/38-317 (designatons); 4: Sp 98/40-28; 5:Sp 98/40-85

Haeseler, Dietrich, Visit to the museum of Chemical Automatics Design Bureau, Voronezh 1992 via Dietrich Haeseler.

Siddiqi, Asif A, Soviet Space Web Page, 1999 via Dietrich Haeseler. Asif Siddiqi presents material that could not be fit into his monumental 'Challenge to Apollo'. Accessed at: http://home.earthlink.net/~cliched/main_space.html.

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