Tag: Angara
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U.S. companies, led by SpaceX, launched more than any other country in 2020
A Falcon 9 rocket soars into the sky with 60 Starlink internet satellites after liftoff Oct. 18 from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: SpaceX Leading all other nations, U.S. launch providers flew 44 missions in 2020 that aimed to place payloads in Earth orbit or deep space, with 40 successes.…
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Russia resumes Angara test flights with third mission
After a six-year pause, Russia has resumed flight tests of its next-generation Angara rocket with a demonstration mission from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome on Monday. The Angara-5 vehicle lifted off at 08:50 Moscow Time (05:50 UTC), carrying an inert payload bound for a near-geosynchronous orbit. (Lead photo via Roscosmos) Monday’s launch marked the third flight of…
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Russia’s Angara A5 rocket successful in second test flight
Six years after launching for the first time, a Russian Angara A5 heavy-lift rocket took off on its second test flight Monday and successfully delivered a dummy payload into orbit. Russian officials confirmed the Angara A5 rocket and its Breeze M upper stage performed as intended during the test flight, which carried a mass…
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Vostochny begins work on a second launch pad set to host Angara rockets
Work on a second launch pad at the Vostochny Cosmodrome is underway. The new pad at the relatively new launch site will cater for Angara launches that are set to begin in 2021. The Cosmodrome is already hosting Soyuz launches. A key part of Russia’s future space launch ambitions – Vostochny has undergone a maintenance…
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Russia’s Angara rocket wins first commercial launch contract
File photo of the first test launch of the Angara 1.2 rocket in July 2014. Credit: Russian Ministry of Defense South Korea’s space agency has signed a contract to launch an Earth observation satellite into orbit in 2020 aboard Russia’s Angara rocket, giving the new booster its first commercial customer, International Launch Services announced Monday.…
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ILS to launch commercial missions on Angara from 2017
International Launch Services (ILS) has begun to market the Angara launch vehicle for commercial missions. In tandem with Proton-M launches, the Angara will allow ILS to attract additional customers via the ability to support virtually all spacecraft to all orbits, altitudes and inclinations for the low-, medium-, and heavy-lift spacecraft market. ILS Angara: Both the…
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Russia’s Angara 5 rocket launched on successful maiden flight
The first Angara 5 rocket blasted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome at 0557 GMT (12:57 a.m. EST; 8:57 a.m. local time) Tuesday. Credit: Russian Ministry of Defence A new Russian rocket designed as a successor to the workhorse Proton booster lifted off Tuesday on a maiden test flight that could signify Russia’s shift away from…
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Photos and video: Angara 5’s thunderous liftoff
Russia’s new Angara 5 rocket, the biggest Russian launcher since the end of the Cold War, made a pre-dawn blastoff from the wintry Plesetsk Cosmodrome on Tuesday on a successful first flight. The 18-story booster launched from Site 35 at Plesetsk, a facility about 500 miles north of Moscow near the Arctic Circle. Five kerosene-fueled…
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Russia’s Angara 5 debuts with maiden launch
Russia’s Angara rocket has conducted its first orbital launch on Tuesday morning, flying in its impressive heavy-lift Angara 5 configuration to carry a payload mass simulator into orbit. Liftoff from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Northwest Russia was on schedule at 08:57 local time (05:57 UTC). Angara 5 Debut: Tuesday’s launch follows a successful suborbital test…
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Russia set for debut launch of Angara 5 rocket
The first Angara 5 rocket sits on its launch pad at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia. Credit: Spetsstroy.ru Russia’s powerful new Angara 5 rocket — made of a cluster of five kerosene-fueled main engines — is being prepared for a maiden test flight as soon as Tuesday that could usher in a new era…