RD-180
- Purpose: Engines for the first stage of the Atlas launch vehicle family.
- Year of release: 1999
- Guaranteed service life (years): 10
- Estimated production / delivery time (months): 18
- Flight qualification of the product: Yes
- Brief history of flight qualification: Completed 6 launches of LV "Atlas 3" and 80 launches of LV "Atlas 5" (01.09.2019).
- Possibility to adapt the product to customer requirements: Yes
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Thrust, earth / void, tf | 390/423 |
| Specific impulse, earth / void, s | 311 / 339 |
| Pressure in the combustion chamber, kgf / cm2 | 261.7 |
| Weight, dry / dipped, kg | 5480/5950 |
| Dimensions height / diameter, mm | 3600 / 3200 |
| Development period | 1994-1999 |
| Thrust vector control by swinging cameras in the same plane, o | 8 |
| Thrust range,% | 100-47 |
Liquid rocket engine with afterburning of oxidizing gas.
Fuel: oxygen + kerosene.
Winner of the competition for the development and supply of the engine for the first stage for the PH of the Atlas family of the American company ULA.
More than 260 tests were carried out with a total operating time of more than 50,000 s.
Certified for 10 modifications of the Atlas launch vehicle.
Remark
Engine operating time in 86 flights is more than 20,000 s. (01.09.2019).
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