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Have passed flight tests of a unique plasma engine SPD-140 series for space rockets, as Nikolai informed the press Testoedov is the head of the ISS named after M.Reshetnev.
This is how the leader of this leader described him Russian enterprises for the creation of spacecraft:
High power plasma engine SPD-140 successfully proved to be in ground tests about a month ago. And now he passed the flight tests as part of one of European satellites – again, “excellent”. So in our next projects we will put such engines on Russian missiles, since the SPD-140 with a thrust of about 56 grams increase it as a whole compared to previous rocket engines, at least 7 times, which means it will reduce the time by the same amount addition of a rocket. This is so far the only engine with such a high traction.
Recall that the Kurchatov Institute together with Chemical Engineering Design Bureau (subdivision of NPO Energomash “) since 2016 working on the creation of electrodeless plasma rocket engine. It seems that soon we will hear and about this unique brainchild of Russian designers …
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