I-Aerojet Rocketdyne isiqede umhlangano we-AR1 yokuqala - injini entsha ye-rocket, iphrojekthi yazo exhaswa yi-US Air Force. Inkampani ihlela ukuhlinzeka ngezinjini ezinjalo zemicibisholo yenethiwekhi ephakathi nendawo.
I-AR1 yabuthana ensimini yeJohn Stennis Space Center, Mississippi. "Isinyathelo esilandelayo sizohlola," kusho uMengameli oPhini likaMongameli omkhulu we-Aerojet uJim Maiser.
Le nkampani yathuthukisa injini yokubuyiselwa kweRussia Rd-180, esetshenziswa esigabeni sokuqala se-Atlas Rocket 5. Phambilini, iCongress yanikeza inkomba yembutho yomoya ukuyeka ukuthembela ezinjini zaseRussia, ngakho-ke insizakalo Uphetha inkontileka yenani lama-Dollars angaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-800 ukuthuthukiswa, ukuhlolwa kanye nokuqinisekiswa kwe-AR1. Ngemuva kwe-rocket Jewelry Enterprise United Launch Alliance (ULA) wanquma ukusebenzisa enye injini nge-rocket yayo entsha, imvelaphi eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, inkontileka incishisiwe ibe yizigidi ezingama-350.
Ngemuva kokuhlulwa, ukubhekana no-Ula Aerojet Rocketdyne kuqhubeke ukuthuthukiswa kwe-AR1 futhi kuthembela ukuthola izinkontileka ngokuzayo. Phambilini, le nkampani yasayina isivumelwano ne-American-Ukraine Startup Fireflosly Aerospace ekusetshenzisweni kwenjini ye-AR1 ukuze i-RETER CARRIER ROKET ye-Rocket.
I-Firefly, khumbula, manje uhola umsebenzi kumaphrojekthi amaningana e-rocket. Le nkampani ithuthukisa i-oxygen-porosene Firefly alpha kanye ne-beta enamandla kakhudlwana, engathola i-AR1.
Kucatshangwa ukuthi amabutho ama-cosmic ase-US azoba ngumshayeli osemqoka. Ngonyaka odlule, baqala ukutadisha imakethe yemoto yokwethula izizukulwane ezilandelayo futhi bangacabanga ukutshala imali emithonjeni emisha ephakathi nendawo. Ngokusho kwabahlaziyi, kungenzeka ukuheha abatshalizimali abazimele.
Kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuthi i-Aerojet RocketDyne isezinhlelweni zokuthola iLockeheed Martin. Azikho izinkampani eziphawulayo ekuthengiselweni zithinta ikusasa lenjini ethembisayo.
Khumbula, hhayi kudala, iRussia yaqhuba izivivinyo zokuqala zomlilo zenjini yotshwala ye-LC-171MV ihloselwe i-soyuz-5 carrier rocket. Ngokusho kwemininingwane eyethulwe ngaphambilini, isikhathi sokuthuthuka kwe-soyuz-5 missile eyinkimbinkimbi futhi siguqulwe: Ukunikelwa kohlaka oluwuhlaka kuhlelwe ngo-2021.
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