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NK-9

The NK-9 was a rocket engine designed and built in 1959 by the Kuznetsov Design Bureau. The NK designation was derived from the initials of chief designer Nikolay Kuznetsov. It was intended for the R-9 Desna, but lost this bid to the RD-111. It was the world's first oxygen-kerosene engine in the 1 MN+ thrust class to use a closed-cycle design with staged…

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Application
1st/2nd-stage engine
Chamber pressure
10.9 MPa (1,580 psi)
Country of origin
Soviet Union
Cycle
Oxidiser-rich Staged combustion
Date
1959
Designer
Kuznetsov Design Bureau

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NK-9

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Triples15
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related to External links · 2
NK-9 → Information, NK-9More
Application · 1
NK-9 → 1st/2nd-stage engine
Chamber pressure · 1
NK-9 → 10.9 MPa (1,580 psi)
Country of origin · 1
NK-9 → Soviet Union
Cycle · 1
NK-9 → Oxidiser-rich Staged combustion
Date · 1
NK-9 → 1959
Designer · 1
NK-9 → Kuznetsov Design Bureau
Propellant · 1
NK-9 → LOX / RG-1
Pumps · 1
NK-9 → Turbopump
Specific impulse, sea-level · 1
NK-9 → 280 s (2.7 km/s)

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engine kuznetsov design intended r-9 first use stage developed cancelled bureau designer thrust staged combustion chamber references rd-111 rocket designed

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
NK-9Application1st/2nd-stage engine1.00infobox
NK-9Chamber pressure10.9 MPa (1,580 psi)1.00infobox
NK-9Country of originSoviet Union1.00infobox
NK-9CycleOxidiser-rich Staged combustion1.00infobox
NK-9Date19591.00infobox
NK-9DesignerKuznetsov Design Bureau1.00infobox
NK-9PropellantLOX / RG-11.00infobox
NK-9PumpsTurbopump1.00infobox
NK-9Specific impulse, sea-level280 s (2.7 km/s)1.00infobox
NK-9Specific impulse, vacuum327 s (3.21 km/s)1.00infobox
NK-9SuccessorNK-151.00infobox
NK-9Thrust, sea-level360 kN (81,000 lbf)1.00infobox
NK-9Thrust, vacuum441 kN (99,000 lbf)1.00infobox

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