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The RD-170 (Russian: РД-170 , Ракетный Двигатель-170 , tr. Raketnyy Dvigatel-170 ) is the world's most powerful and heaviest liquid- fuel rocket engine. It was designed and produced in the Soviet Union by NPO Energomash for use with the Energia launch vehicle. The engine burns kerosene fuel and LOX oxidizer in four combustion chambers, all supplied by one single- shaft, single-turbine turbopump rated at 170 MW (230,000 hp) in a staged combustion cycle.
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