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Rocket engine

RD-170 / RD-171

Also known as RD-171

Rockets

Overview

The most powerful liquid-propellant rocket engine ever flown — a four-chamber oxidizer-rich staged-combustion RP-1/LOX engine used on the Energia boosters and (as the RD-171) the Zenit first stage.

Components & hardware

Propellants

RP-1 / LOX

Knowledge connections

Sources

The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.

  • Gunter's Space PageGunter Krebs — Gunter's Space Page

    A specialist reference compilation of launch vehicles, stages, and spacecraft across all spacefaring nations.