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RD-170
NPO Energomash · liquid · Soviet Union
The RD-170 is the world's most powerful and heaviest liquid-fuel rocket engine. It was designed and produced in the Soviet Union by NPO Energomash for use with the Energia launch vehicle. The engine burns RG-1 fuel and LOX oxidizer in four combustion chambers, all supplied by one single-shaft, single-turbine turbopump rated at 170 MW (230,000 hp) in an oxidizer-rich stage combustion cycle.
Specifications
- Category
- Fixed Wing
- Sub-Category
- UAV
- Domain
- Defence
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Manufacturer
- NPO Energomash
- Primary Role
- liquid
- Status
- Retired