“He is preparing for the fire tests of the first prototype, I hope we will start testing in January, now the engine is being assembled,” RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.
The new engine is planned to be used for the first stage of the Soyuz-5 rocket, which, in turn, will become the first stage of the Yenisei superheavy rocket.
Energomash began manufacturing RD-171MV liquid-propellant rocket engines in September.
Also, the head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, reported on the corporation's plans to create a new Soyuz-6 middle-class missile based on the Soyuz-5 rocket planned for development.