KYIV, Jan 16 – Ukraine’s space rocket maker Pivdenmash is expanding its participation in the programs of the European Space Agency (ESA). The enterprise seeks to supply 20 more cruise engines for the fourth stage of European Vega light launch vehicle by 2020, the press service of the enterprise has reported.
According to a posting on its website, in 2017, Pivdenmash finished a contract to produce nine units of the cruise engine for the fourth stage of Vega vehicle under an order of Italy's AVIO S.p.A. signed in 2014.
"Totally, jointly with the previous contracts, 16 units have been shipped [to the European customer]," the press service said.
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