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RD-8
Soviet rocket engine
Soviet rocket engine
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | RD-8 (РД-8) |
| image | File:11Д513.jpg |
| country_of_origin | Soviet Union |
| first_date | April 13, 1985 |
| designer | Yuzhnoye Design Bureau |
| manufacturer | Yuzhmash |
| purpose | Second Stage Vernier |
| associated | Zenit |
| successor | RD-809M |
| status | In Production |
| type | liquid |
| oxidiser | LOX |
| fuel | RG-1 |
| mixture_ratio | 2.4 |
| cycle | Staged Combustion |
| combustion_chamber | 4 |
| thrust(Vac) | 78.45 kN100%, specify corresponding throttle-- |
| throttle_range | |
| chamber_pressure | 7.747 MPa |
| specific_impulse_vacuum | 342 isp |
| burn_time | 1100 s |
| restarts | |
| gimbal | ±33° |
| length | 1500 mm |
| diameter | 4000 mm |
| dry_weight | 380 kg |
| used_in | Zenit family second stage |
| references |
|thrust(Vac) = 78.45 kN100%, specify corresponding throttle-- |thrust(SL) =
The RD-8 (Russian: РД-8 and GRAU Index: 11D513) is a Soviet / Ukrainian liquid propellant rocket engine burning LOX and RG-1 (a rocket grade kerosene) in an oxidizer rich staged combustion cycle. It has four combustion chambers that provide thrust vector control by gimbaling each of the nozzles in a single axis ±33°. It was designed in Dnipropetrovsk by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau as the vernier thruster of the Zenit (GRAU: 11K77) second stage. As such, it has always been paired with the RD-120 engine for main propulsion.
It can only be started once, and as a high altitude engine it has a thrust of 78.45 kN and a specific impulse of 342 isp. It is the first ever steering engine to use the staged combustion cycle, and as such is the basis for a family of planned engines for the Mayak launch vehicle family.
The engine itself is built like a hollow cylinder, with a cylindrical space in the center so the RD-120 nozzle can pass through.
Derivatives
Whilst Yuzhnoye's propulsion experience had been mostly on hypergolic propellants engines, like RD-855 or RD-861, they are considered too toxic for current ecological standards. While Yuzhnoye still offer to develop hypergolic propulsion, such as RD-843 for the Vega's AVUM stage or the Tsyklon-4 project, Yuzhnoye selected a more environmentally friendly LOX and kerosene propellant for the Mayak launch vehicle family.
Not only had Yuzhnoye mastered the most complex cycle for the propellant (oxidizer rich staged combustion cycle) with the RD-8, but they had worked closely with NPO Energomash during the RD-120 program. The manufacturing is done at its sister company of Yuzhmash in Dnipropetrovsk, and the RD-120 thrust augmentation project of 2001 to 2003 had been a mixed project between the three companies.
On the base of this experience, a family of derivatives engines were proposed. While the RD-801 and RD-810 are really just based on the general technology, the other members of the family are related enough that they reuse many components of the RD-8. One characteristic of this family is the limitation of keeping the preburner output temperature below 500 C.
- RD-805 (or RD-802): A proposed upper stage engine of just 19.62 kN of thrust, it would use a single chamber of the RD-8. While many new components would be required, it is considered a low technological risk since it only needs smaller versions of already developed component.
- RD-809 (sometimes identified as RD-809M): It is an RD-8 re arranged to minimize its diameter. It would use practically every single component of the RD-8, but arranged without the big hollow section in the middle. It was a proposed engine for a proposed liquid upper stage of the Antares rocket, then named Taurus II. It would be capable of five engine burns in a single mission.
- RD-809K: A single nozzle version of the RD-8. It mixes most principal elements of the RD-8 like the turbopumps with a main combustion chamber and nozzle adapted from the RD-861K. It is expected to be used in a dual engine configuration in the Mayak upper stage.
References
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