RD-107
Sign in to saveThe RD-107 () and its sibling, the RD-108, are a type of rocket engine used on the R-7 rocket family. RD-107 engines are used in each booster and the RD-108 is used in the central core. The engines have four main combustion chambers (each with a nozzle) and either two (RD-107) or four (RD-108) vernier chambers.
Key facts
- Rocket engine.name
- RD-107
- Rocket engine.image
- RD-107 Vostok.jpg
- Rocket engine.caption
- RD-107 engine on display at the Museum of Space and Missile Technology in Saint Petersburg.
- Rocket engine.country_of_origin
- Soviet UnionRussia
- Rocket engine.designer
- OKB-456
- Rocket engine.manufacturer
- JSC Kuznetsov
- Rocket engine.purpose
- Booster/first stage
- Rocket engine.associated
- R-7 family
- Rocket engine.predecessor
- RD-105
- Rocket engine.status
- In production
- Rocket engine.type
- liquid
- Rocket engine.oxidiser
- LOX
- Rocket engine.fuel
- RG-1
- Rocket engine.cycle
- Gas-generator
- Rocket engine.notes
- Performance figures are for RD-107A
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- Design
- Production
- Versions
- RD-107 variants
- RD-108 variants
- See also
- References
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The RD-107 () and its sibling, the RD-108, are a type of rocket engine used on the R-7 rocket family. RD-107 engines are used in each booster and the RD-108 is used in the central core. The engines have four main combustion chambers (each with a nozzle) and either two (RD-107) or four (RD-108) vernier chambers.
The engines were first developed in the mid-1950s to launch the R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile. The R-7 was later adapted into space launch vehicles and the engines have been improved over several generations. The most recent versions are the RD-107A and RD-108A engines are used to launch the Soyuz-2, which is in active service .