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No, in this case part of the rocket itself was decades old. Orbital used AJ-26 engines for the first stage, which are refurbished NK-33 engines originally built
by ijk 12y ago
No, in this case part of the rocket itself was decades old. Orbital used AJ-26 engines for the first stage, which are refurbished NK-33 engines originally built for the Soviet moon program. [1]
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NK-33 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NK-33