The test facility "Chemical Automatics Design Bureau" (KBXA, member of the NGO "Energomash") for the first time successfully tested a laser ignition system oxygen-hydrogen fuel liquid rocket engine (JRD), According to the company's press service.
according to information, on the stand was carried out 3 inclusion of forward-looking installation RD0176.UE2, during which fuel ignition produced laser ignition system directly into the combustion chamber. State materiel equipment after satisfactory tests.
These tests are carried out in cooperation with the Research Center. MV. Keldysh in the course of OCD "Creating a new generation of rocket engines and the basic elements of the cruise propulsion advanced launch vehicles".
According to the chief designer of JSC KBKhA Victor Gorokhov, introducing laser ignition system reduces engine weight, which it is very important for rocketry, and simplifies the timing chart of its launch. it, in its turn, increases the reliability of the LRE.
he recalled, Several years ago, the company has successfully tested a laser ignition of the oxygen-kerosene fuel. The current in the oxygen-hydrogen technology - it's a big step toward creating a reliable engine enable multiple, which will find its use in advanced reusable space-rocket systems.
celebrated, that the decision to continue work in this direction will be made after a detailed analysis of the data, obtained during the test.
