Angara A5

Active Angara

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center (KhSC)

None

Description

Currently the largest rocket in the Angara family, Angara A5 utilizes five Universal Rocket Modules as the first stage, and is designed to phase out Proton.

Specifications
  • Stages
    2
  • Length
    55.4 m
  • Diameter
    8.86 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    5.0 m
  • Launch Mass
    773 T
  • Thrust
    9600 kN
Family
  • Name
    Angara A5
  • Family
    Angara
  • Variant
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Angara A5
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
    24500 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center

Government
Director: Andrey Vladimirovich Kalinovskiy
KhSC 1916

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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