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Dec. 14, 2020
Angara-A5 launch. Image Credits: Orbiter.ch Aerospace/Roland Berga
Today, December 14, 2020, at 08:50 Moscow time from the State Testing Cosmodrome of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (Plesetsk cosmodrome), as part of flight design tests of the Angara rocket space complex, the Angara-A5 heavy-class launch vehicle was launched ... She was accepted for escort by ground-based means of the Main Testing Space Center named G.S. Titov of the Space Forces of the Aerospace Forces. This was the second test launch (Test flight No.2) for the Angara-A5 heavy lift launch vehicle, the most powerful version of the Angara rocket.
Launch of the Angara-A5 rocket from the Plesetsk cosmodrome
Prelaunch preparation and launch of the carrier rocket were carried out by combat crews of the Space Forces of the Aerospace Forces and subsidiaries of the State Corporation Roscosmos. At the estimated time, 12 minutes 28 seconds after the launch, the orbital block consisting of the Breeze-M upper stage and the spacecraft's weight-and-weight mockup separated from the third stage of the carrier. Its further injection into the target orbit is carried out due to the operation of the propulsion system of the Breeze-M upper stage.
Angara-A5 expanded. Image Credit: Eureka
Universal missile modules URM-1 and URM-2 serve as the basis for the development of carrier rockets of the Angara family. The Angara launch vehicle classes are composed of a different number of URM-1 universal rocket modules for the lower stages. One URM-1 is used as part of the Angara-1.2 light-class launch vehicles. The maximum number of URM-1 can be a three-stage heavy rocket "Angara-A5".
Angara-5 to replace Proton. Image Credit: Russianspaceweb.com
Angara launch vehicles do not use aggressive and toxic propellants, which makes it possible to significantly increase the environmental safety indicators both in the areas adjacent to the launch complex and in the area where the spent stages of launch vehicles fall. The government customers of the Angara space rocket complex are the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and the State Corporation Roscosmos, the lead developer and manufacturer is the State Space Research and Production Center named M.V. Khrunichev.
ROSCOSMOS Press Release: https://www.roscosmos.ru/29674/
Images (mentioned), Video, Text, Credits: ROSCOSMOS/SciNews/Orbiter.ch Aerospace/Roland Berga.
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