It is noted that the fragments did not harm the environment
TASS, December 30. The parts of the Angara-A5 launch vehicle found on the territory of the Komi Republic, which was launched on December 27 from the Plesetsk cosmodrome, did not harm the environment and will be evacuated until February 2022. This was reported on Thursday on the website of the Ministry of Natural Resources of the region.
"On December 28 and 29, employees of the Komi Ministry of Natural Resources, together with representatives of the Khrunichev State Scientific Research Center, conducted post-launch overflights of the territory. According to the results of the survey, all the separating parts of the rocket were found, the places of their fall were established, no negative impact on the environment was recorded. Parts of the rocket will be evacuated from the area of the fall until February 2022," the report says.
The ministry also added that the territories of Vuktyl, Sosnogorsk and Troitsko-Pechorsky districts, previously announced due to the launch of the launch vehicle, are no longer dangerous.
The launch of the Angara A5 launch vehicle was carried out on December 27 from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in normal mode. Angara is a family of Russian launch vehicles. Universal rocket blocks "Angara" are manufactured at the Omsk PO "Flight" (part of the M.V. Khrunichev Center of the state Corporation "Roscosmos"). The first two launches of the heavy "Angara" took place on December 23, 2014 and December 14, 2020 from the Plesetsk cosmodrome.
