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Vostochny Angara Test Flight

Overview

Destination: Geostationary Orbit
Mission: Test Flight

Geostationary Orbit Cosmodrome Site 1A Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation

First test launch of the Angara A5 launch vehicle from the Vostochny Cosmodrome. The rocket will carry a mass simulator payload.

Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • April 11, 2024, 4:19 p.m.

Launch success confirmed with the upper stage reaching GEO.


Nosu • April 11, 2024, 9 a.m.

Liftoff


LL2 • April 11, 2024, 8:28 a.m.

Official Webcast by Роскосмос ТВ has started


Angara A5/Blok DM-03

Family:
Configuration: A5/DM-03

Angara A5/Blok DM-03 is an Angara A5 with an improved Blok DM-03 RP-1/LOX upper stage. There are 2 variants for the DM-03: the Persey for launches from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, and the Orion for launches from the Vostochny Cosmodrome.

Specifications
  • Stages
    3
  • Length
    55.4 m
  • Diameter
    8.86 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    5.0 m
  • Launch Mass
    773 T
  • Thrust
    9600 kN
Family
  • Name
    Angara A5/Blok DM-03
  • Family
  • Variant
    A5/DM-03
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Angara A5/Blok DM-03
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
    $31000000
  • Low Earth Orbit
    24500 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    7000 kg
  • Direct Geostationary
    3600 kg
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center

(KhSC)

Director: Andrey Vladimirovich Kalinovskiy Founded: 1916 Successes: 179 Failures: 15 Pending: 1

Agency Type:

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center is a Moscow-based producer of spacecraft and space-launch systems, including the Proton and Rokot rockets and is currently developing the Angara rocket family. The Proton launch vehicle launches from Baikonur and Rokot launches from Baikonur and Plesetsk. Angara will launch from Plesetsk and Vostochny.

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