RD-8
The serial oxygen-rich staged-combustion steering engine developed for the Zenit second stage.
Identity
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Identity Level
- model
- Kind
- liquid-rocket-engine
- Name
- RD-8
- Status
- historical
Details
- Description
- The serial oxygen-rich staged-combustion steering engine developed for the Zenit second stage.
- Developers
- Manufacturers
- Propellants
- keroseneliquid oxygen
- Rocket Specs
- Burn Time S
- 1,100
- Vacuum Specific Impulse S
- 342
- Vacuum Thrust Kn
- 78.45
Links
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- July 29, 2026 at 11:58:01 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 29, 2026 at 11:58:01 UTC
Other
- Sources
- Accessed Date
- 2026-07-29
- Publisher
- Yuzhnoye State Design Office
- Title
- Development status of liquid rocket engines designed by Yuzhnoye SDO
- 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
- Zenit-3SL official vehicle reference
- Accessed Date
- 2026-07-29
- Publisher
- Production Association Yuzhny Machine-Building Plant
- Title
- Liquid rocket engine RD-8
- 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
- Zenit-2 Series official vehicle reference