RD-0216

RD-0216
Credit - KBKhA

Manufacturer Name: RD-0216. Government Designation: 15D2. Designer: Kosberg. Developed in: 1963-66. Application: UR-100, UR-100K / RS-10 (SS-11) stage 1. Propellants: N2O4/UDMH. Thrust(vac): 219.000 kN (49,233 lbf). Isp: 313 sec. Chambers: 1. Chamber Pressure: 147.00 bar. Country: Russia. Status: Design 1964. First Flight: 1965. Last Flight: 1984. Flown: 1,128.

Date is that of the authorizing Decree. Actual development earlier, since first launch occured November 1963.. Staged combustion cycle. Includes tank pressurization system (RD-0217 without tank press.). Manufacturing until 1974, operational until 1991.

RD-0216 used on Rocket Stages

Used on stage: UR-100 Stage 1. on launch vehicle: UR-100.

Bibliography and Further Reading

Russian Arms Catalogue, Vol 5 and 6, Military Parade, Moscow 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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