The latest Soyuz-5 launch vehicle will fly on unusual fuel
Dmitry Rogozin during his visit to the Voronezh Chemical Engineering Design Bureau shared his current plans regarding the new Soyuz-5 launch vehicle, project which was recently approved by Roskosmos.
According to the Deputy Prime Minister, the government is considering installing a methane engine on Soyuz-5 instead of the rapidly aging oxygen-kerosene engine. According to Rogozin, new missiles should be equipped with new engines operating on liquefied gas, that is, oxygen-methane and oxygen-hydrogen. This will be the best solution providing greater reliability and lower cost.
- concluded Dmitry Rogozin.
Consideration of a project to create a rocket with an engine on methane will be completed within three months.
Recall that within the framework of the project to create the Soyuz-5 launch vehicle, technical solutions will be tested that will later be applied in the construction of a promising Russian super-heavy launch vehicle capable of ensuring the implementation of the most ambitious space programs and, in particular, Lunar.
According to the Deputy Prime Minister, the government is considering installing a methane engine on Soyuz-5 instead of the rapidly aging oxygen-kerosene engine. According to Rogozin, new missiles should be equipped with new engines operating on liquefied gas, that is, oxygen-methane and oxygen-hydrogen. This will be the best solution providing greater reliability and lower cost.
Oxygen-kerosene engines, of course, should be replaced in the near future
- concluded Dmitry Rogozin.
Consideration of a project to create a rocket with an engine on methane will be completed within three months.
Recall that within the framework of the project to create the Soyuz-5 launch vehicle, technical solutions will be tested that will later be applied in the construction of a promising Russian super-heavy launch vehicle capable of ensuring the implementation of the most ambitious space programs and, in particular, Lunar.
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