Roskosmos first published in his Twitter video, telling about the engine RD-171MV, which is by far the most powerful in the world. The engine developed for the new launch vehicle of the middle class “Soyuz-5” (Irtysh) and super-heavy class “Yenisei”.
According to the director general of the NGO “Energomash” Igor Arbuzov, which is developing a new engine, Power is RD-171MV 246 thousand. Horse power, a rod with a mass of 10 tons more than 800 tonnes. The first engine to be transferred to the customer in 2021 year to install the first stage of the launch vehicle “Soyuz-5” (Irtysh), which is scheduled to launch on 2022 year from Baikonur.
In NGOs “Energomash” noted, The new RD-171MV is a modification of the RD-171M engine, which is used in the first stage of the carrier rocket “Zenith”. Terms of development of the new engine are maintained and are on schedule.
On assembly of the first copy of the RD-171MV and preparing it to fire tests reported in early February, the head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin,.
Launch vehicle of the middle class “Soyuz-5” (Irtysh) develops Rocket and Space Corporation “Energy” Roskosmos on the previously approved preliminary design. Creating a rocket going to finish 2021 year, and 2022 year to conduct its first test. New missile plan to be used for injection into low-Earth orbit manned spacecraft “federation”.
