RD-0214
| Country of origin | USSR |
|---|---|
| First flight |
RD-0207:1963-11-06 RD-0214:1967-03-10 |
| Designer | OKB-154, Yankel I. Guerchkovitch |
| Manufacturer | Voronezh Mechanical Plant |
| Application | Vernier Engine |
| Predecessor | RD-0207 |
| Status | In Production |
| Liquid-fuel engine | |
| Propellant | N2O4 / UDMH |
| Mixture ratio | 2.54 |
| Cycle | Gas Generator |
| Configuration | |
| Chamber | 4 |
| Performance | |
| Thrust (vac.) | 30.9 kilonewtons (6,900 lbf) |
| Chamber pressure | 5.3 megapascals (770 psi) |
| Isp (vac.) |
RD-0207:297seconds RD-0214:293 seconds |
| Burn time |
RD-0207:133seconds RD-0214:270s |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 524 millimetres (20.6 in) |
| Diameter | 3,780 millimetres (149 in) |
| Dry weight | 90 kilograms (200 lb) |
| Used in | |
| Proton third stage | |
The RD-0214 (GRAU Index: 8D811) is a rocket vernier engine burning N2O4 and UDMH in a gas generator cycle. It has four nozzles that can each gimbal 45 in plane to provide TVC to the RD-0212 propulsion module of Proton third stage. It is a revised version of the RD-0207.
When Chelomey's OKB-52 started their UR-200 ICBM project, they requested S. A. Kosberg's OKB-154 to develop the propulsion. For the second stage, they used a single RD-0206, a variation of the first stage RD-0203, but required a vernier engine. To this end, the RD-0207 vernier engine was designed. It also included a heat exchanger to heat the pressurant gases for the second stage tank. While the UR-200 project was in direct competition to the R-36 and was cancelled in favor of the latter, it did had a few test launches and thus was a proven design.
Then Chelomey moved his proposals to the super heavy ICBM UR-500 (8K82) and later to the Proton-K (8K82K). A heavy launch vehicle that could perform important missions for the Soviet moonshot. For this new missions, it would not need to comply with ICBM specification standards, but would need at least a third stage. For the third stage, the UR-200 second stage was adapted - with the same 4.1m tanking as the first and second stages- and the RD-0205 module with an RD-0206 and an RD-0207 vernier engine was given an overhaul. The new module, - known as RD-0212 - consisted of an RD-0213 and an RD-0214 vernier engine. Many reliability enhancements were done and much extra tests firings were performed. Yet, even as of 2015 design issues where found to have caused failures.
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