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NPO Energomash

RU

АО «НПО Энергомаш имени академика В. П. Глушко»

NPO Energomash is a major Russian rocket engine manufacturer, specializing in the development and production of liquid propellant rocket engines. Their engines have been used to launch a vast majority of Russian space objects, including the first satellite and manned spacecraft. Key products include the RD-170, RD-180, and RD-191 engines, which have powered launch vehicles like Soyuz, Zenit, Energia, and Atlas V; they have partnered with companies such as Pratt & Whitney and supplied engines to organizations like ULA (United Launch Alliance) and Northrop Grumman. NPO Energomash is part of Roscosmos.

commercialFounded 1946
Khimki, Moscow Oblast, Russia
www.npoenergomash.ru/
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Aerojet Rocketdyne fabricates solid rocket boosters in Sacramento, California, and provides RD-180 engine components in Khimki, Russia via NPO Energomash for RD-180 production.

CapabilityRelationshipsValue 4.5May 4, 2024ULA launch is imminent as first crewed Boeing Starliner mission readies for ISS

The Antares 230+ first stage is built by Ukraine’s Yuzhnoye State Design Office and Yuzhmash Machine Building plant and uses RD-181 engines from Russian company NPO Energomash.

CapabilityRelationshipsValue 4.6Aug 2, 2023Antares launches Cygnus to ISS

Antares 230+ uses a first stage manufactured by Ukraine’s Yuzhnoye State Design Office and Yuzhmash Machine Building plant and RD-181 engines from Russian company NPO Energomash.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Jul 31, 2023Northrop Grumman prepares for final flight of Antares with Russian and Ukrainian components

Ukraine’s Yuzhnoye State Design Office and Yuzhmash Machine Building plant produce the Antares first stage that is powered by RD-181 engines from Russia’s NPO Energomash.

CapabilityRelationshipsValue 4.0Aug 8, 2022Northrop Grumman and Firefly to partner on upgraded Antares

The first stage of the KSLV-1 rocket was powered by an RD-151 engine developed by Russia’s NPO Energomash.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Mar 2, 2022Russian sanctions throw South Korean satellite missions into uncertainty

Antares first stages are built in Ukraine by Yuzhnoye State Design Office and Yuzhmash Machine Building Plant and are powered by RD-181 engines from Russia’s NPO Energomash.

CapabilityRelationshipsValue 4.5Feb 19, 2022Antares launches Cygnus cargo spacecraft to ISS

Energomash stated in its annual report that Russian enterprises will begin experiencing negative consequences from the RD-180/RD-181 purchase limits as early as 2020 due to launch vehicle production timing.

LegalFinancialPlanValue 2.8Jul 10, 2018Energomash raises alarm over U.S. ban on Russian rocket engines

Energomash warned in its annual report that the 2018 U.S. National Defense Authorization Act limits purchases of Russian rocket engines after 2022-12-31.

LegalValue 4.0Jul 10, 2018Energomash raises alarm over U.S. ban on Russian rocket engines

United Launch Alliance and Northrop Grumman purchase RD-180 and RD-181 engines from RD Amross, a Florida-based joint venture of Energomash and Pratt & Whitney.

RelationshipsValue 4.0Jul 10, 2018Energomash raises alarm over U.S. ban on Russian rocket engines
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