UEC has completed the testing of rocket engines RD-107A/108A on the new fuel

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UEC has completed the testing of rocket engines RD-107A/108A on the new fuel
Test engines of the first and second stages of the carrier rocket "Union", working on new fuel, has been successfully completed, RIA Novosti reported the press service of "Rostec".

JDC has completed the testing of rocket engines RD-107A/108A on the new fuel


According to a press release, in Samara, Russia completed testing of the engines of the first and second stages of the carrier rocket "Union", working on reptile. Engine tests conducted in Samara, JSC "Kuznetsov" together with NPO "Energomash". The transition to the new fuel neftel is part of the program of modernization of missiles, which will increase the weight of the payload into orbit and thus reduce emissions. Naphthyl is an environmentally safe type of hydrocarbon fuel using polymer additives.

UEC has successfully completed acceptance tests of the first production set of rocket engines RD-107A/RD-108A on the new fuel instead of kerosene nattile


the message reads Rostec, where the structural part of the United engine Corporation.
In a press-service reported that the engines RD-107/RD-108, adapted for the new fuel has already been sent to the customer for installation on the carrier rocket "Soyuz-2"", Assembly which produces RCC "Progress" (Samara).
Earlier it was reported that the first batch of engines of the first and second stages of the carrier rocket "Soyuz" on the new fuel will be tested in flight this year.

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