The third carrier rocket "Angara A-5" will undergo flight tests
MOSCOW, July 30. /TASS/. Roscosmos is sending the third Angara A-5 carrier rocket from the Khrunichev Center for flight tests. This was announced by the Director General of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin on the radio "Komsomolskaya Pravda".
"Now work is underway, we are sending another heavy Angara from the Khrunichev Center to prepare flight tests at our northern Plesetsk cosmodrome," Rogozin said.
Angara is a family of Russian launch vehicles from light to heavy class. The new family uses environmentally friendly fuel components. The first two launches of the heavy "Angara" took place on December 23, 2014 and December 14, 2020 from the Plesetsk cosmodrome.