Memorable March events in history of NPO Energomash

Memorable events of March 2021 in the history of the Scientific and Production Association “Energomash” named after academician V.P. Glushko (part of the Roscosmos State Corporation):

  • March 15, 1936 – the beginning of the development of the ORM-65 liquid-propellant rocket engine for the RP-318 rocket plane and the 212 cruise missile;
  • March 30, 1957 – a fire test of the flight version of the “package” of the rocket was carried out. R-7 launch vehicle with RD-107 and RD-108 liquid propellant rocket engines in Zagorsk;
  • March 1957 – the first bench firing test of the R-12 launch vehicle with RD-214 liquid propellant rocket engine was performed at the stand in Zagorsk;
  • March 1958 – technical assistance to factories No. 19 in Perm and No. 29 in Omsk in the development and organization of serial production of liquid-propellant rocket engines RD-214;
  • March 20 1958 – the Primorsky branch of OKB-456 (branch number 1) was organized near Vyborg in the Leningrad region;
  • March 16, 1962 – the first launch of the Kosmos-1 satellite was carried out using the Kosmos launch vehicle “with an RD-214 and RD-119 liquid-propellant rocket engine installed on it;
  • March 17, 1999 – the first full-scale model of a liquid-propellant rocket kettle engine RD-191 for the family of launch vehicles “Angara” was delivered to the State Space Research and Production Center named after M.V. Khrunichev (now part of the Roscosmos State Corporation);
  • March 28, 1999 – the first test launch of the Zenit carrier rocket with RD-171 and RD-120 liquid-propellant rocket engines was successfully carried out under the program ” Sea launch “from a floating platform;
  • March 31, 1999 – certification tests of the RD-180 liquid-propellant rocket engine have been completed.
/Media reports.