RD-171 M
Glavkosmos
Liquid rocket engine with afterburning of oxidizing gas. Fuel: oxygen + kerosene. The most powerful liquid rocket engine in the world. More than 1000 fire tests were carried out with a total operating time of more than 110,000 s. During fire tests, engine performance was demonstrated in a wide range
Technical specifications
- Thrust, earth / void, tf
- 740 / 806
- Specific impulse, earth / void, s
- 309 / 337
- Pressure in the combustion chamber, kgf / cm2
- 250
- Weight, dry / dipped, kg
- 9300 / 10300
- Dimensions height / diameter, mm
- 4150 / 3565
- Development period
- 1992-1996 2003-2004
- Thrust vector control by swinging cameras in the same plane, o
- 6
- Thrust range,%
- 105-49
About
Liquid rocket engine with afterburning of oxidizing gas. Fuel: oxygen + kerosene. The most powerful liquid rocket engine in the world. More than 1000 fire tests were carried out with a total operating time of more than 110,000 s. During fire tests, engine performance was demonstrated in a wide range of thrust modes from 105 to 49%. The most powerful rocket engines in the world. Several copies of the engine were tested without removal from the stand 25 times.
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