As of the first 11.5 months of 2021, the engines of the Scientific and Production Association (NGOs) “Energomash” provided 21.5 percent of world space launches. The place of Russian missile power units in the world revealed “Roskosmos”.
“in total in the world at the current moment of 2021, 130 space orbital starts were performed, of which 21.5 percent – on the engines of the NGO” Energomash “. Since the commissioning in December 2021 will continue, full results for 2021 will be allowed. Only at the beginning of next year, “says state corporation.
According to Roskosmos, this year, from 23 launches of Russian spacecraft missiles, 22 starts have passed with the participation of Energomash engines. Also liquid rocket engines of the development of Russian NGOs provided six launches of American media.
In August, the Verge edition, referring to the executive director of United Launch Alliance (ULA) Tori Bruno, reported that the company stopped selling heavy ATLAS V missiles and no longer buy for them Russian ENGINES RD-180 first-stage.