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Derivatives

Hypergolic propellants RD-855 RD-861 RD-843 Vega

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Overview

GRAU Soviet Liquid propellant rocket engine LOX RG-1

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Application: Second Stage Vernier
Associated LV: Zenit
Burn time: 1100 s
Chamber: 4
Chamber pressure: 7.747 MPa (1,123.6 psi)
Country of origin: Soviet Union

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Overview

GRAU
Soviet Soviet Union
Liquid propellant rocket engine Liquid-fuel rocket
LOX
RG-1 RG-1 (propellant)
Kerosene
Oxidizer rich staged combustion cycle Staged combustion cycle (rocket)
Thrust vector control Thrust vectoring
Gimbaling Gimbaled thrust
Dnipropetrovsk
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau
Vernier thruster
Zenit Zenit (rocket family)
RD-120
Specific impulse
Mayak Mayak (rocket family)
Launch vehicle

Derivatives

Hypergolic propellants Hypergolic propellant
RD-855
RD-861
RD-843
Vega Vega (rocket)
AVUM
Tsyklon-4
NPO Energomash
Yuzhmash
RD-801
RD-810
Antares Antares (rocket)
RD-861K

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Triples49

Avg. degree1.94

Density0.060606

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RD-8

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related to Derivatives · 16

RD-8 → Dnipropetrovsk, LOX, Mayak, Not, NPO Energomash, RD-120, RD-843, RD-855, RD-861, The, Tsyklon-4, Vega's AVUM, While Yuzhnoye, Whilst Yuzhnoye's, Yuzhmash, Yuzhnoye

see also · 13

RD-8 → Mayak, Prospective Ukrainian, RD-120, RD-805, RD-809, RD-809K, The, The RD-8, The Zenit, Yuzhmash, Yuzhnoe, Yuzhnoe Design Bureau, Zenit

Application · 1

RD-8 → Second Stage Vernier

Associated LV · 1

RD-8 → Zenit

Burn time · 1

RD-8 → 1100 s

Chamber · 1

RD-8 → 4

Chamber pressure · 1

RD-8 → 7.747 MPa (1,123.6 psi)

Country of origin · 1

RD-8 → Soviet Union

Cycle · 1

RD-8 → Staged Combustion

Designer · 1

RD-8 → Yuzhnoye Design Bureau

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engine family combustion stage rd-120 yuzhnoye thrust single zenit staged cycle mayak yuzhmash propellant design bureau lox would launch vehicle

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Subject	Predicate	Object	Confidence	Src
RD-8	Application	Second Stage Vernier	1.00	infobox
RD-8	Associated LV	Zenit	1.00	infobox
RD-8	Burn time	1100 s	1.00	infobox
RD-8	Chamber	4	1.00	infobox
RD-8	Chamber pressure	7.747 MPa (1,123.6 psi)	1.00	infobox
RD-8	Country of origin	Soviet Union	1.00	infobox
RD-8	Cycle	Staged Combustion	1.00	infobox
RD-8	Designer	Yuzhnoye Design Bureau	1.00	infobox
RD-8	Diameter	4,000 mm (160 in)	1.00	infobox
RD-8	Dry mass	380 kg (840 lb)	1.00	infobox
RD-8	First flight	April 13, 1985	1.00	infobox
RD-8	Gimbal range	±33°	1.00	infobox
RD-8	Length	1,500 mm (59 in)	1.00	infobox
RD-8	Manufacturer	Yuzhmash	1.00	infobox
RD-8	Mixture ratio	2.4	1.00	infobox
RD-8	Propellant	LOX / RG-1	1.00	infobox
RD-8	Specific impulse, vacuum	342 s (3.35 km/s)	1.00	infobox
RD-8	Status	In Production	1.00	infobox
RD-8	Successor	RD-809M	1.00	infobox
RD-8	Thrust, vacuum	78.45 kN (17,640 lbf)	1.00	infobox

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