Packing nearly one 1,000,000 pounds of thrust in a total propulsion system, the RD-180 delivers a 10 percent performance increase over current operational U.S. booster engines. This reusable kerosene- (hydrocarbon) fueled engine has been flight-proven on the Lockheed Martin Atlas III and V.
The RD-180 is a two-chamber derivative of the four-chamber RD-170 that was used on Russian vehicles and human-rated in that country. It provides 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 United States and NPO Energomash of Russia.
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