Russia's new reusable rocket engine will have capacity for 50 flights
Russia's new reusable rocket engine will have capacity for 50 flights
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 Russia's new reusable methane rocket engine will possibly have the capacity for 50 flights. files from Russian space agency Roscosmos released on the government procurement website show. According to it  The reusable rocket engine developed for Russia's new Amur-SPG medium-class carrier rocket will be powerful enough to cover up to 50 space launches.

The document said, "Consider measures to increase the possibility of using a serial liquefied [natural gas] rocket engine as part of the first stage of a launch vehicle up to 25, 50 times," the files say. The Russian space rocket centre Progress has not been sharing much detail on the new Russian carrier rocket powered by liquefied natural gas (methane) in order to protect the developers.

Earlier that month, a 407 million-ruble (USD 5.2 million) contract was signed on the development of a rough design of the Amur-SPG medium-class rocket.In the regular mode, the rocket will be able to carry 12 metric tons of cargo but in the reusable mode, the rocket will be able to launch 9.5 tonnes (metric tons) of cargo into low-Earth orbit from Russia's Vostochny spaceport. 

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