A new production site of the Proton-PM company (part of Roscosmos) has opened in Perm. It will produce RD-191 rocket engines for Angara launch vehicles here.
The building with an area of more than 44 thousand square meters houses four workshops: electroplating, mechanical, mechanical assembly and assembly. 630 units of technological equipment have been installed on the site.
"Протон-ПМ" is one of the largest enterprises in the country, producing engines for the first stages of space rockets, including the Angara-A5.
Characteristics of the RD-191 rocket engine:
- Thrust at sea level - 196 tf
- Thrust in vacuum - 212.6 tf;
- Specific impulse at sea level - 311.5 s
- Specific impulse in vacuum - 337.4 s
- Thrust throttling range: 27-105 %
- Fuel components: liquid oxygen and kerosene
- Dry weight - about 2.2 t
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