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 by Staff Writers Los Angeles (Sputnik) Dec 24, 2018
The reliable and relatively cheap RD-180 engine is designed by a Russian research and development company especially for the US Atlas carrier rockets, but there are reportedly plans to put them to use in the production of Russian super-heavy rockets. The head of SpaceX Elon Musk has praised the RD-180's engine, designed and manufactured by Russia's NPO Energomash and used on the American booster Atlas V, noting though that the need to exploit it is "embarrassing:" The Russian-designed liquid-fuel rocket engine RD-180 powers the first stage of the American rocket carrier Atlas V. As many as 85 flights of rockets powered by the engine have been conducted to date. After US-Russia relations deteriorated over the Crimean issue in 2014, US lawmakers slapped limits on would-be RD-180 purchases, passing a law that required the US to phase out the Russian-made engines in favour of domestically produced next-generation rocket propulsion systems. However, the following year, the US Congress passed a budget that included a provision allowing the country to go on buying the Russian RD-180 rocket engines. Shortly after, the ULA ordered an additional batch of 20 RD-180 engines at the Pentagon's request. Separately, there were earlier reports on the intention to use the engine RD-180 in a Russian rocket of the super-heavy class. Source: Sputnik News
NZ-Dutch space startup raises 3M dollars Auckland NZ (SPX) Dec 21, 2018 Dawn Aerospace, a New Zealand-Dutch startup building 100% reusable rockets for satellite delivery, has this week raised $3.35m (NZD) of investment from Kiwi, American and Dutch investors. The money will be used to commercialise its world-leading satellite propulsion systems and begin development of it's Mk-II Spaceplane. The company makes reusable rockets designed to carry small satellites into space. Each rocket is designed to be indefinitely reusable and capable of multiple flights per d ... read more
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