RD-0410

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RD-0410

RD-0410 NTP Engine
RD-0410 Nuclear Thermal Engine
Credit: © Dietrich Haeseler

Kosberg nuclear/LH2 rocket engine. Experimental nuclear engine, propellant LH2. Developed 1965-94. Tested at Semipalatinsk test range in 1980s and was "the only operational nuclear engine in the USSR". First flight 1985.

AKA: 11B91. Status: Developed 1965-94. Date: 1965-94. Thrust: 35.30 kN (7,936 lbf). Unfuelled mass: 2,000 kg (4,400 lb). Specific impulse: 910 s. Burn time: 3,600 s. Height: 3.50 m (11.40 ft). Diameter: 1.60 m (5.20 ft).

Engine: 2,000 kg (4,400 lb). Thrust to Weight Ratio: 1.8.

Family: nuclear-powered. Country: Russia. Propellants: Nuclear/LH2. Agency: Kosberg bureau. Bibliography: 309, 98, 7494.

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