NK-15V
UEC-Kuznetsov NK-15V is a historical LOX/kerosene high-altitude liquid rocket engine developed for the N1 lunar launch vehicle second stage. Rostec reports approximately 178 tf (about 1,746 kN) thrust and states that testing of the N1-era engines concluded in 1967. The exact N1 installation is represented separately as eight upper-stage engines, while NK-43 is recorded as a distinct tested modification.
Identity
- Aliases
- NK-15VKuznetsov NK-15VN1 second-stage NK-15VUEC NK-15V
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Identity Level
- model
- Kind
- liquid-rocket-engine
- Name
- NK-15V
- Status
- historical
Details
- Description
- UEC-Kuznetsov NK-15V is a historical LOX/kerosene high-altitude liquid rocket engine developed for the N1 lunar launch vehicle second stage. Rostec reports approximately 178 tf (about 1,746 kN) thrust and states that testing of the N1-era engines concluded in 1967. The exact N1 installation is represented separately as eight upper-stage engines, while NK-43 is recorded as a distinct tested modification.
- Developers
- Manufacturers
- Propellants
- keroseneliquid oxygen
Links
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- July 29, 2026 at 11:49:19 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 22, 2026 at 07:56:33 UTC
Other
- Sources
- Accessed Date
- 2026-07-29
- Publisher
- Rostec
- Title
- Moving upward: Kuznetsov space engines
- Accessed Date
- 2026-07-29
- Note
- Supports the legacy vehicle installation and the narrow canonical identity used for migration.
- Publisher
- Official vehicle or program source
- Title
- N1 Super-Heavy Launch Vehicle official vehicle reference
- Accessed Date
- 2026-07-29
- Publisher
- Rostec
- Title
- Nikolai Kuznetsov and his engines, part II