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January 16, 2015

Russian firm seals $1 billion deal to supply US rocket engines
Moscow (AFP) Jan 16, 2015
A Russian manufacturer on Friday announced a $1 billion deal to supply engines for the US Antares rockets making deliveries to the International Space Station. Russian producer Energia said in a statement that it had signed the bumper deal to build 60 engines with private US firm Orbital Science, which has a $1.9 billion contract with NASA to supply the space station. Deliveries of the new RD-181 engines would start in June, the statement said. The agreement comes after an Orbital Scienc ... read more

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