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Russian Rocket Tech Comes In From The Cold
A new, high-temperature stainless steel was created by the RD-180’s designer, NPO Energomash, and the RD-180 successfully launched an Atlas III rocket in May of 2000. Thanks for the tip ...
ULA's Vulcan rocket certified by Space Force to fly national security missions
After launching on its certification flight back in October 2024, United Launch Alliance's Vulcan rocket has finally received ...
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Counting Down To The Final Atlas Rocket
but everything to do with the engines the rocket uses to do it. Since the introduction of the Atlas III in 2000, the Atlas family of rockets have been powered by the RD-180. This extremely ...
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Russia’s Energomash ships three more RD-180 engines to US
Energomash is supplying RD-180 rocket engines to the United States for Atlas III and Atlas V launch vehicles and RD-181 engines for Antares launch vehicles. The contracts for both types of engines ...
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Russia to supply two batches of rocket engines to US
Energomash delivers RD-180 engines for US Atlas III and Atlas V rockets and RD-181 ... held before the launch of an Antares carrier rocket on May 21 this year proved the possibility to use them ...