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At the Voronezh Chemical Engineering Design Bureau (KBHA) successful testing of a liquid rocket engine, which the company developed together with an Italian company AVIO This was announced today by the press secretary of the KBHA Alexander Kazhikin. Joint research work (R&D) conducted by KBHA and AVIO since 2007 and envisage the creation of 7.5 t demonstration liquid rocket engine working on fuel components “oxygen – liquefied natural gas “. The test” was a determining step collaboration of two enterprises in the framework of research, commissioned by the Italian Space Agency (IKA), Kazhikin noted. The engine demonstrator LM10-MIRA is being developed for modernization of the liquid upper stage of a new modification launch vehicle (LV) “Vega”, “these works are included in the plans European Space Agency (ESA), “ITAR-TASS said representative of KBHA. Vega, in turn, is an Italian carrier, developed by AVIO as part of the European space program. Work on the creation of LM10-MIRA was carried out on the basis of agreed technical specifications in accordance with standards adopted European space community. A joint working group of leading specialists of KBHA and AVIO, which carried out a full range of development, manufacturing and test engine demonstrator. Engine test preceded by fire tests of a power plant, conducted in KBHA in 2012, which confirmed the performance KBHA cameras with AVIO mixing head. In 2014, a series of fire engine test at KBHA stand research work to create a demonstration engine are completed. Based on the results of ICA and Roscosmos will make a joint decision on directions and prospects for further cooperation. Background: AVIO is a leading Italian rocket and space technology company. AVIO has five representative offices in Italy, France, Guiana with a total with a staff of more than 800 people; in 2012 company income amounted to 285 million euros. AVIO implements a project to create a launch vehicle “Vega” with the support of ELV (Italian space share agency is 30%), which is the general contractor, which allowed Italy to become one of the few countries which was able to complete the production of the launch vehicle. AVIO has rich experience in the design and manufacture of energy solid and liquid fuels designed for launch vehicles. In addition, AVIO has developed a turbopump liquid oxygen for the cryogenic engine “Volcano” and later two solid-fuel side accelerator for “Arian-5”. Currently solid fuel power plants developed by AVIO successfully completed in more than 210 launches of Ariane launch vehicles and Vega AVIO manufactured and delivered for European and Italian space agencies propulsion systems for control of more than thirty satellites, including recent SICRAL and Small GEO.
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