Overview

International cooperation and partnership yielding nearly one million pounds of thrust for the Atlas V fleet.

Packing nearly one million pounds of thrust in a total propulsion system, the RD-180 engine delivers a 10 percent performance increase over Lox/RP booster engines. This reusable kerosene (hydrocarbon)-fueled engine has been flight-proven on the United Launch Alliance Atlas III and Atlas V launch vehicles.

The RD-180 is a two-chamber derivative of the four-chamber RD-170 that was used on Russian vehicles and human-rated in Russia.

It provides an environmentally-clean operation, while featuring an integrated-propulsion package with hydraulics for control-valve actuation and thrust-vector gimbaling, pneumatics for valve actuation and system purging, and a thrust frame to distribute loads

The RD-180 booster engine is offered by RD AMROSS, a partnership between the world's two premier propulsion companies –– Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne of the U.S. and NPO Energomash of Russia.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Characteristics

RD-180 Engine

Nominal Thrust
Vacuum:	933,400 lb.
Sea Level:	860,200 lb.
Specific Impulse
Vacuum:	339.3 sec.
Sea Level:	312.7 sec.
Nozzle Area Ratio:	36.4:1
Chamber Pressure:	3,772 psia
Mixture Ratio:	2.72
Throttle Range:	47% - 100%
Dimensions
Length:	140 in.
Diameter:	124 in.
Dry Weight:	12,081 lb. (5,480 kg.)

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