Russia tests Angara-A5 heavy rocket ahead of December launch

According to plan, Russia will conduct the first test launch of the Angara-A5 heavy-class rocket from the Vostochny Cosmodrome next December.

The new generation Angara-A5 rocket lifts off from the launch pad at the Plesetsk cosmodrome in northern Russia on December 14, 2020. (Source: Urania)

According to plan, Russia will conduct the first test launch of the Angara-A5 heavy-class rocket from the Vostochny Cosmodrome next December.

On November 3, the Russian space corporation Roscosmos said that the Angara-A5 heavy-class rocket is currently undergoing final tests before being launched for the first time from the Vostochny Cosmodrome.

“The Khrunichev Center, part of the Amur space rocket system at the Vostochny Cosmodrome, has begun final tests of the Angara-A5 rocket in preparation for its first launch,” the statement said.

Previously, speaking at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on January 19, Roscosmos chief Yury Borisov also promised that the construction of the launch system for the Angara-A5 rocket at the Vostochny Cosmodrome would be completed on time.

According to plan, Russia will conduct the first test launch of the Angara-A5 heavy-class rocket from the Vostochny Cosmodrome next December.

The test results will be the basis for experts to evaluate the performance of the systems in the missile and continue to improve the production process.

The Angara-A5B rocket is capable of delivering 37 tons of cargo to low orbit, and the largest rocket of the Angara family is expected to be launched from the Vostochny Cosmodrome after 2025.

Russia's new modular Angara missile series has a payload capacity of 3.5-38 tons.

Different versions of Angara use different numbers of multi-purpose rocket modules: URM-1 (for the first and second stages) and URM-2 (for the upper stages). The number of multi-purpose modules in the first stage determines the payload of the rocket.

The URM-1 uses the RD-191 liquid-jet engine developed by the Energomash Scientific -Production Joint Stock Company in Moscow Oblast, while the URM-2 uses the RD-0124A engine developed by the KBHA Joint Stock Company in Voronezh.

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