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NPO Energomash (a division of Roskosmos) has begun assembly of the world’s most powerful engines for the RD-171MV missiles. These engines, according to developers, will be used on the first Soyuz-5 stages, as well as on an extra-heavy launch vehicle The Yenisei.
In August, it became known that the engine will pass firing tests until the end of 2019, and next year it will be installed on Soyuz-5 is already for flight testing. First start planned to be completed by the end of 2022.
In 2016, instead of the Zenith manufactured in Ukraine, in Russia began its own assembly of missiles related to the middle class “Soyuz-5” (“Irtysh”). RD-171MV is an advanced the engine of the first stage of the Zenit launch vehicle, which it is planned to install on the first stage of Soyuz-5, and on the second two engine RD-0124MS, also improved from the third stage Soyuz-2.1b, instead of the Ukrainian RD-120 engines.
ESOREITER previously reported on plans by Russian scientists to implement launches into space from the air.
Andrey Vetrov
Missiles Russia
