RD-864

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The RD-864 is a Soviet liquid-fuel rocket engine burning a hypergolic mixture of unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine (UDMH) fuel with dinitrogen tetroxide oxidizer in a gas generator combustion cycle. It has a four combustion chambers that provide thrust vector control by gimbaling each nozzle in a single axis ±55°. It is used on the third stage of the R-36M UTTKh and Dnepr. For the R-36M2, an improved version, the RD-869 was developed.

1977  Wikidata
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rocket enginePivdenmash, Soviet Union, 
Dong Fang Hong 2rocket engine1977Republic of Haiti1970s


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