Impact of US sanctions: Russia stops deliveries of rocket engines to the US

Amid the ongoing escalation between Russia and US, Russia has decided to stop supplying rocket engines to the United States in retaliation for its sanctions against Russia over Ukraine. This just come day after the Russian space agency removed the flag of the US, Japan, the UK from its rocket.

 

 

Dmitry Rogozin, head of the state space agency Roscosmos informed about the development saying Roscosmos will also stop servicing rocket engines it had previously delivered to the U.S. Rogozin further said, “Russia will be ending cooperation with the US on experiments on the ISS. The priority of the country’s space program will be adjusted to focus on satellites for defence interests.”

 

Rogozin stated that Russia has delivered a total of 122 RD-180 engines to the USA since the 1990s. 98 of those engines have been used to power the Atlas launch vehicles. He added that Russia will also stop providing technological assistance for the service and maintenance of the existing rocket engines in the USA.

 

 

Moreover, Dmitry Rogozin also wrote a letter to the administrator of the German Aerospace Center (DLR), Anke Kaysser-Pyzalla, and has announced that Roscosmos would be terminating all joint scientific projects in the International Space Station.

 

Dmitry Rogozin has written in his letter, “The termination of cooperation with the Russian Federation in the field of higher education, scientific research and professional training announced by the leadership of the Federal Republic of Germany, of course, causes irreparable damage to the established long-term cooperation ties and significantly slows down activities in the field of outer space exploration for peaceful purposes.”

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