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Engine Model: RD-0229. Manufacturer Name: RD-0229. Designer: Kosberg. Developed in: 1967-75. Application: R-36M / RS-20A (SS-18 mod-1) stage 2. Propellants: N2O4/UDMH. Chambers: 1. Country: Russia. Status: Out of Production. First Flight: 1974.

Main engine. Staged combustion cycle.

Engine Model: RD-0229M. Manufacturer Name: RD-0229M. Designer: Kosberg. Developed in: 1997. Application: Vozdushnyy Start stage 1. Propellants: Lox/LNG. Thrust(vac): 883.000 kN (198,506 lbf). Chambers: 1. Country: Russia. Status: Developed 1997.

Derivative of RD-0229 for the propellants LOX and liquid natural gas (methane). Initial candidate for stage 1 propulsion of Vozdushnyy Start project by Kompomash.

Bibliography:

  • Haeseler, Dietrich, "Personal communication", 1998 December..
  • Polovnikov S P; Karpov, A S, Vestnik Aviatsii i Kosmonavtiki, "Projekt 'Vozdushnyy Start'", Moscow, 1-2/98 via Dietrich Haeseler.
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