. Russia has put the U.S. rocket engines RD-181, said manufacturer - NPO " Energomash ".
Previous two engine American customers received in June.
USA buy in Russia two types of engines: the RD-180 for launch vehicles Atlas V and RD-181 for - Antares. Before the head of the Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, said that North America will become them even more than three years.
The first RD-181 was raised in the United States in the summer of 2015, and October 18, 2016 booster Antares-230 with the Russian engines was successfully launched from the spaceport at wallops island.
in addition to the RD-181, Moscow supplies Washington RD-180, designed for the first stage of the rocket Atlas 5.
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