Country of origin | USSR |
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First flight | 1973-04-09 |
Designer | OKB-154 |
Associated L/V | UR-100N, Rokot and Strela |
Status | Out of Production |
Liquid-fuel engine | |
Propellant | N2O4 / UDMH |
Cycle | Oxidizer Rich Staged Combustion |
Configuration | |
Chamber | 1 |
Performance | |
Thrust | 520 kilonewtons (120,000 lbf) |
Chamber pressure | 20.5 megapascals (2,970 psi) |
Isp (vac.) | 310 s (3.0 km/s) |
Isp (SL) | 285 s (2.79 km/s) |
Burn time | 121 seconds |
Used in | |
UR-100N core stage |
The RD-0233 (GRAU Index 15D95) and RD-0234 (GRAU Index 15D96) are liquid rocket engines, burning N2O4 and UDMH in the oxidizer rich staged combustion cycle. The only difference between the RD-0233 and the RD-0234 is that the latter has a heat exchanger to heat the pressuring gasses for the tanks. Three RD-0233 and one RD-0234 are used on the first stage of the UR-100UTTKh ICBM. While the engine is out of production, the ICBM as well as Rokot and Strela remain operational as of 2015.