Roscosmos showed the latest rocket engine RD-171МВ
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Roscosmos for the first time published in his Twitter video telling about the RD-171MV engine, which is by far the most powerful in the world. The engine is being developed for the new Soyuz-5 (Irtysh) middle-class launch vehicles and the Yenisei super-heavy class.
According to Igor Arbuzov, director general of NPO Energomash, where a new engine is being developed, the power of the RD-171МВ is 246 thousand horsepower, and the thrust with a mass of 10 tons exceeds 800 tons. The first engine is planned to be transferred to the customer in 2021 for installation at the first stage of the Soyuz-5 launch vehicle (Irtysh), which is scheduled to launch on 2022 year from the Baikonur cosmodrome.
NPO Energomash noted that the new RD-171МВ engine is a modification of the RD-171М engine, which is used in the first stage of the Zenit launch vehicle. Terms of development of the new engine are maintained and go in the schedule.
On the assembly of the first instance of the engine RD-171МВ and preparing it for fire tests reported in early February, the head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.
The Soyuz-5 medium-class booster (Irtysh) is being developed by the Energia Rocket and Space Corporation according to the draft design previously approved by Roscosmos. Creation of the rocket is going to be completed by the 2021 year, and in the 2022 year to conduct its first test. The new rocket is planned to be used for launching the Federation spacecraft into low-Earth orbit.
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