OH and the Saturn V could lift about 40,000 lbs more than the Energia could, at 262,000 lbs. So the Russians couldn't match the US back then, and they still cannot now.
The cost of the Atlas V is still double the cost of Soyuz. Altas V is aprox 100mil per launch. If the United Launch Alliance were purely Boeing it would be 70mil per launch, purely Lockheed it would be 150mil per launch.
Um, the Atlas V can put into LEO 21490 to 64860 lbs. The Soyuz-2 max is 17000 lbs. Even Russia's Zenit can "only" put a max of 35000lbs into LEO. The Proton, 45000 lbs. In fact there is nothing currently flying that can lift what the Atlas V can, until the Angara 7 flies... if it ever flies.
@EvilxMerlin my friend, Atlas V is propelled by Russian made RD-180 engines produced in Russia and being bought by US in Russia (more then 20 have been already delivered) - google about it - so your comparisons here are useless as you compare one Russian technology to another Russian technology...
atlas 5 bitches!!! u know.
araki916 5 months ago
I had to watch a 1 minute commercial to watch 1:34 of video... sweet.
atomicwave 6 months ago
OH and the Saturn V could lift about 40,000 lbs more than the Energia could, at 262,000 lbs. So the Russians couldn't match the US back then, and they still cannot now.
EvilxMerlin 1 year ago
The cost of the Atlas V is still double the cost of Soyuz. Altas V is aprox 100mil per launch. If the United Launch Alliance were purely Boeing it would be 70mil per launch, purely Lockheed it would be 150mil per launch.
ti994apc 1 year ago
@ti994apc
Um, the Atlas V can put into LEO 21490 to 64860 lbs. The Soyuz-2 max is 17000 lbs. Even Russia's Zenit can "only" put a max of 35000lbs into LEO. The Proton, 45000 lbs. In fact there is nothing currently flying that can lift what the Atlas V can, until the Angara 7 flies... if it ever flies.
EvilxMerlin 1 year ago
@EvilxMerlin my friend, Atlas V is propelled by Russian made RD-180 engines produced in Russia and being bought by US in Russia (more then 20 have been already delivered) - google about it - so your comparisons here are useless as you compare one Russian technology to another Russian technology...
arlik100 1 year ago
@arlik100
You are missing the point. There is still NO Russian heavy lift vehicle that can do what the Atlas V can do.
EvilxMerlin 1 year ago
@EvilxMerlin consider Russian Energia rocket (which lifted Buran in 1988):
Capacity
Payload to
LEO 100,000 kg (220,462 lb)[1] (200,000 kg (Vulkan))
Payload to
GSO 20,000 kg (44,093 lb)[1]
arlik100 1 year ago
@arlik100
Considering it is:
1. No longer around
2. Out of two launches had one failure.
Again I say there is still NO Russian heavy lift vehicle that can do what the Altas V can do.
EvilxMerlin 1 year ago
@EvilxMerlin Delta can haul much more then Atlas
brentsrx7 11 months ago
@brentsrx7
Um, no. The Delta IV Heavy is 22,950KG to LEO. The Altas V HLV is 29,420KG to LEO. The Falcon 9 Heavy can do 32000KG.
EvilxMerlin 11 months ago
they should get William Shatner to do the countdowns.
GeminiAzules 2 years ago
@GeminiAzules
hahaha. houston.... we have..... a......prob-lem
markb9051 2 years ago