NK-33

Overview

A lightweight high-performance oxidizer-rich staged-combustion RP-1/LOX engine developed in the Soviet N1 program for the upgraded (never-flown) N1F; refurbished units later flew (as the AJ-26) on the first-generation Antares.

Components & hardware

Knowledge connections

• Uses propellantRP-1 / LOX

Sources

Facts on this topic will be cited from these primary and reference sources.

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

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