The engine was developed
specially for Antares
Russia’s design bureau NPO Energomash is to deliver 60 RD 181 engines
for the Antares rocket first stage to American space technology manufacturer
Orbital Sciences Corporation. The total cost of the deal is about $1 billion.
“We are committed to deliver 60 engines.
Three options have been signed, each for 20 engines,” Vladimir
Solntsev, executive director of Energomash, told the Izvestia newspaper. “There
is a firm contract for 20 engines, which we have started fulfilling, as we are
due to supply the first two engines next June.”
According to Solntsev, Russia’s government has already issued all the
permits required for the deal. The contract envisages restrictions for the use
of RD-181 engines in military programs as those rockets cannot be used for
military goals.
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