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The RD-180 engine is a high performance, cost-effective booster engine with unique features, which enable Atlas launch vehicle growth, enhanced launch vehicle effectiveness and mission payload flexibility. The engine is a 900,000 lbf thrust, high specific impulse staged combustion cycle LOX/kerosene engine, which has been in production since 1998 for use on Atlas III and Atlas V launch vehicles. Production engines are being provided to Lockheed Martin by RD AMROSS, a 50/50 Pratt & Whitney / NPO Energomash Joint Venture company incorporated in the US. Current production engines are being built and acceptance tested by NPO Energomash in Russia, and are delivered to Lockheed Martin in Denver for vehicle integration. Engine acceptance processing, engine integration and launch support activities are conducted by joint NPO Energomash / Pratt & Whitney teams. To date, 23 engines have been delivered and 8 have been flown on missions from Cape Canaveral, with 100% mission success. |
