After the accident booster Antares Americans decided to change engine suppliers . The victory won in the tender organized by the Russian company that manufactures engines for the “Angara”.
The American Orbital Sciences Corporation after the accident booster Antares renounce Ukrainian suppliers of engines. In a short time it will start to buy engines for missiles near the Russian NGO “Energomash”, based in Khimki , according to “Izvestia”.
For information unofficially confirmed by the Russian Space Agency. “Winning the tender won RD-193 NGOs Khimki” Energomash. We learned it long ago. Now the parties agree on the format of the announcement of results of the competition, there is a delicate political moment. Also, decision-makers in Orbital, are consulted on the assurance of supply of these engines in the current environment. However, our guide had earlier said that hinder international cooperation for the sake of purely sanctions will not be problems, “- said a source in the Russian space agency.
To complete US missiles plan RD-193. According to experts, they are almost a lightweight copy of RD-191, which are mounted on Russian rockets “Angara” . One such engine is worth about 240 million rubles. Until now Antares rocket engines were equipped with AJ-26. In fact, this work is still in the 70- ies in the USSR engines HK-33, which for current operations are modified to Ukrainian enterprises – “Southern” – in Dnepropetrovsk.
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