RD-0216

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RD-0216 (РД-0216)
Country of origin USSR
First flight1965-04-19 [1]
Designer OKB-154 [1]
Manufacturer PO Motorostroitel or Perm [2]
Application ICBM propulsion
Associated LV UR-100 [1]
Successor RD-0235
StatusRetired
Liquid-fuel engine
Propellant N2O4 [3] / UDMH [3]
Cycle Oxidizer Rich Staged combustion [1]
Configuration
Chamber1 [3]
Performance
Thrust219 kilonewtons (49,000 lbf) [3]
Chamber pressure 17.4 megapascals (2,520 psi) [3]
Specific impulse 313 s (3.07 km/s) [3]
Used in
UR-100 Core Stage [4]
RD-0235 (РД-0235)
Country of origin USSR
First flight1973-04-09 [5]
Designer OKB-154 [5]
Manufacturer Krasny Oktyabr factory [2]
Application ICBM propulsion
Associated LV UR-100N, Rokot and Strela [5]
StatusOut of Production
Liquid-fuel engine
Propellant N2O4 [6] / UDMH [6]
Cycle Oxidizer Rich Staged combustion [5]
Configuration
Chamber1 [6]
Performance
Thrust240 kilonewtons (54,000 lbf) [6]
Chamber pressure 17.5 megapascals (2,540 psi) [6]
Specific impulse 320 s (3.1 km/s) [6]
Used in
UR-100N Second Stage [6]

The RD-0216 and RD-0217 are liquid rocket engines, burning N2O4 and UDMH in the oxidizer rich staged combustion cycle. [1] [3] The only difference between the RD-0216 and the RD-0217 is that the latter has not a heat exchanger to heat the pressuring gasses for the tanks. [3] Three RD-0216 and one RD-0217 were used on the first stage of the UR-100 ICBM. [7] The engines were manufactured until 1974 and stayed in operational use until 1991. More than 1100 engines were produced. [3]

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For the UR-100N project, while first stage propulsion was based on the more powerful RD-0233 engine. The second stage used a variation of the RD-0217 called the RD-0235 (GRAU Index 15D113). [8] It used a vacuum optimized nozzle extension, and thus had an extra 10 seconds of isp and 21 kilonewtons (4,700 lbf) [6] of more thrust. It has a fixed nozzle and relies on the RD-0236 vernier engine for thrust vectoring. While the engine has been out of production for a while, the UR-100NU and the Rokot and Strela use it as of 2015. [6]

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