NPO Energomash
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NPO Energomash "V. P. Glushko" is a major Russian rocket engine manufacturer. The company primarily develops and produces
Energomash is noted for its long history of large scale LOX/Kerosene engine development. Notable examples are the
As of July 2013[update], the company remained largely owned by the
On 4 August 2016, the company announced that it would launch a new plant by December 2016.[5]
History
In 2013, the Russian government began a major effort to
Storable propellants and hypergols
In 1954, the development and success of the LOX/Kerosene
High pressure engines
The RD-107 and RD-108 engines developed from 1954-1957 were extremely reliable and widely used. However, DB Energomash (renamed from the original OKB designation in 1967) saw great potential in the development of LOX/Kerosene engines with a higher chamber pressure. This presented many challenges to the engine designers, most notably the development of a turbopump which could deliver enough propellant to keep the engine running at a pressure high enough to maintain combustion stability. The resulting engine, developed in the early 1980s, was the RD-170, which runs at a chamber pressure of 24.5 megapascals (3,550 pounds per square inch) and produces 7,550 kilonewtons (1,700,000 pounds-force) of thrust at a sea-level specific impulse of 309 sec, and 7,903 kilonewtons (1,777,000 pounds-force) of thrust at a vacuum specific impulse of 337 sec[15] — one of the most efficient and powerful LOX/Kerosene engines in the world.
Current work
Variants of the RD-170 are still in use today on such vehicles as the
NPO Energomash works with other Russian companies (Keldysh Research Center and KBKhA), and in cooperation with European companies on the Volga rocket engine project.[17]
The company continues to research and explore new engine concepts, such as the tripropellant, bi-modal engines of the RD-700 family (RD-701 and RD-704).[18]
On 1 June 2016, the company successfully tested first-stage engine named RD-181, a modified version of the RD-191 for Antares.[19]
On 10 August 2016, the company successfully tested first-stage engine named PDU-99 "ПДУ-99" for RS-28 Sarmat.[20]
List of orbital launchers
No. | Vehicle | Origin | Engine |
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1. | Angara (rocket family) | Russia | RD-191 |
2. | Energia | Russia | RD-170 |
3. | Voskhod | Russia | RD-107 |
4. | Vostok (rocket family) | Russia | RD-107 |
5. | Molniya | Russia | RD-107ММ |
6. | Polyot | Russia | RD-107 |
7. | Kosmos (rocket family) | Russia | RD-170 |
8. | Soyuz (rocket family) | Russia | RD-107 |
9. | Zenit (rocket family) | Russia & Ukraine | RD-171
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10. | Dnepr | Russia & Ukraine | RD-263 |
11. | MAKS (spacecraft) | Russia & Ukraine | RD-701 |
12. | Tsyklon | Ukraine | RD-252
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13. | Antares (rocket) | United States | RD-181
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14. | Atlas III | United States | RD-180 |
15. | Atlas V | United States | RD-180 |
16. | Naro-1 | South Korea | RD-151
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See also
References
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- ^ Иван Чеберко (18 July 2013). "Сергей Недорослев не смог заработать на ракетных двигателях". Известия. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
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- ^ "НПО Энергомаш готовится к запуску нового цеха". NPO Energomash. 2016-08-04.
- ^ "Glushko". Astronautix.com. Archived from the original on 9 February 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
- ISBN 978-3-421-06635-0
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- ^ "RD-170". Astronautix.com. Archived from the original on 22 November 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ "Atlas V Product Sheet" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2009. Retrieved January 19, 2009.
- ^ "Future European Reusable Propulsion Systems" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-11-21.
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- ^ "Огневое испытание двух двигателей РД-181 в составе первой ступени РН Antares". NPO Energomash. 2016-06-01.
- ^ "Испытания тяжелой стратегической ракеты "Сармат" начнутся в ближайшее время". Interfax. 2016-08-10.