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Dec 28, 2021
Angara-A5 liftoff
An Angara-A5 launch vehicle was launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia, on 27 December 2021, at 15:00 UTC (18:00 local time). This was the third test launch (Test flight No.3) for the Angara-A5 (Ангара-А5) heavy lift launch vehicle, the most powerful version of the Angara rocket.
Angara-A5 launch, 2021
The space forces of the Russian Aerospace Forces held on Monday, December 27, 2021, the third test launch of the Angara-A5 heavy carrier rocket with the overall mass model of the payload from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
Angara-A5 launch
A few minutes later, the orbital block separated from the third stage. Further insertion of the orbital block into the target geostationary orbit will be carried out using the upper stage according to a typical nine-hour three-pulse scheme with four starts of the main engine of the upper stage.
Angara-A5 on launch-pad
Roscosmos State Corporation congratulates the Aerospace Forces and the entire Russian space industry (the team of the Khrunichev Center, NPO Energomash, NPTs AP, TsENKI) on the successful test launch of the Angara-A5 launch vehicle with a new generation upper stage!
This flight showed that the tests of the Angara rocket are developing exactly according to plan. Next year, it is expected that work on the construction of a launch pad for this type of launch vehicle at the Vostochny cosmodrome will be completed. A year later - its first launch from the new Russian Cosmodrome!
Related links:
ROSCOSMOS Press Release: https://www.roscosmos.ru/33724/
Ministry of Defence: https://www.roscosmos.ru/tag/ministerstvo-oboronih/
Angara: https://www.roscosmos.ru/tag/angara/
Images, Video, Text, Credits: Roscosmos/Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation/SciNews/Orbiter.ch Aerospace/Roland Berga.
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