RD-107

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RD-107 is a Soviet-designed liquid-fueled rocket engine, best known for powering the first stages of early R-7 family launch vehicles used in historic missions like Sputnik and Vostok.

All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
RD-107 canonical 9
RD-108 9
RD-107 rocket engine 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf liquid-fueled rocket engine ⓘ
rocket engine ⓘ
application launch vehicle booster engine ⓘ
chamberPressure_bar approximately 58 ⓘ
configuration clustered engine ⓘ
coolingMethod regenerative cooling ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union ⓘ
cycleType gas-generator cycle ⓘ
designer OKB-456 ⓘ
Valentin Glushko ⓘ
engineType open-cycle liquid rocket engine ⓘ
era Cold War space race ⓘ
linked to: Space Race
family R-7 rocket family ⓘ
linked to: R-7 Semyorka rocket
firstFlight 1957 ⓘ
fuel RP-1 kerosene ⓘ
gimbalCapability vernier nozzles provide thrust vector control ⓘ
hasMainCombustionChambers 4 ⓘ
hasVernierThrusters 2 ⓘ
heritage early Soviet ICBM and space launch technology ⓘ
ignitionSystem pyrotechnic ignition ⓘ
manufacturer NPO Energomash ⓘ
mounting strap-on booster modules of R-7 family ⓘ
notableFor powering the first artificial Earth satellite ⓘ
powering the first human spaceflight ⓘ
numberOfTurbopumps 1 ⓘ
oxidizer liquid oxygen ⓘ
propellantType kerosene ⓘ
liquid oxygen ⓘ
reliabilityRecord high, with extensive flight history ⓘ
specificImpulseVac_s approximately 310 ⓘ
stage first stage booster ⓘ
status in long-term operational use via modernized variants ⓘ
successor RD-107A ⓘ
linked to: RD-107

RD-107A-1 ⓘ
linked to: RD-107
thrustAtSeaLevel_kN approximately 790 ⓘ
thrustInVacuum_kN approximately 838 ⓘ
turbopumpDrive gas generator exhaust ⓘ
usedBy Russian space program ⓘ
Soviet space program ⓘ
usedForMission Sputnik 1 ⓘ
Vostok 1 ⓘ
early R-7 ICBM tests ⓘ
usedInRocket R-7 ⓘ
linked to: R-7 Semyorka rocket

Soyuz launch vehicle ⓘ
linked to: Soyuz rocket

Sputnik launch vehicle ⓘ
linked to: R-7 Semyorka rocket

Voskhod launch vehicle ⓘ
Vostok launch vehicle ⓘ
linked to: Vostok-K rocket

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vostok-K rocket → coreStageEngineType → RD-108 ⓘ
linked to: RD-107
RP-1 → usedInEngine → RD-107 engine ⓘ
linked to: RD-107
RP-1 → usedInEngine → RD-108 engine ⓘ
linked to: RD-107
Molniya-M → firstStageEngine → RD-107 ⓘ
subject linked to: Molniya-M rocket
Molniya-M → coreStageEngine → RD-108 ⓘ
subject linked to: Molniya-M rocket
linked to: RD-107
RD-107 → successor → RD-107A ⓘ
linked to: RD-107
RD-107 → successor → RD-107A-1 ⓘ
linked to: RD-107
8K72K → firstStageEngineType → RD-107 ⓘ
8K72K → coreStageEngineType → RD-108 ⓘ
linked to: RD-107
Vostok-L → coreEngineType → RD-108 ⓘ
subject linked to: Vostok-L rocket
linked to: RD-107
Vostok-L → boosterEngineType → RD-107 ⓘ
subject linked to: Vostok-L rocket
Vostok-2 → firstStageEngineType → RD-107 ⓘ
subject linked to: Vostok-2 rocket
Vostok-2 → coreStageEngineType → RD-108 ⓘ
subject linked to: Vostok-2 rocket
linked to: RD-107
NPO Energomash → products → RD-107 rocket engine ⓘ
linked to: RD-107
NPO Energomash → products → RD-108 rocket engine ⓘ
linked to: RD-107
Luna 8K72 → coreStageEngineType → RD-108 ⓘ
linked to: RD-107
Molniya 8K78 → coreStageEngineType → RD-108 ⓘ
linked to: RD-107
Voskhod launch vehicle → coreStageEngineType → RD-108 ⓘ
linked to: RD-107
Luna rocket → secondStageEngineType → RD-108 ⓘ
linked to: RD-107
Valentin Glushko → notableWork → RD-107 rocket engine ⓘ
subject linked to: Glushko
linked to: RD-107
Valentin Glushko → notableWork → RD-108 rocket engine ⓘ
subject linked to: Glushko
linked to: RD-107