A video recording of the launch of the Angara-A5 heavy launch vehicle from the Plesetsk cosmodrome was published by the Russian Ministry of Defense on Tuesday, December 28.
The launch took place at 22:00 from the launch pad No. 35 at the Plesetsk cosmodrome in the Arkhangelsk region and took place in normal mode.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation noted that the Angara-A5 was taken for escort by ground means of the Space Forces of the Russian Aerospace Forces.
Dmitry Rogozin, Director General of Roscosmos, congratulated all those involved in the successful launch and noted that now we must wait for "the work of the Perseus upper stage developed by RSC Energia."
This is the third test launch of the Angara-A5 heavy class launch vehicle. The previous one was successfully held on December 14, 2020. The first launch took place in 2014.
The Angara-A5 is a Russian heavy-class carrier rocket of the Angara family. This is the first heavy launch vehicle developed in Russia after the collapse of the USSR.
Angara belongs to the family of Russian environmentally friendly launch vehicles of different classes. It includes light carriers "Angara-1.2", as well as heavy "Angara-A5" and upgraded "Angara-A5M".
