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Tests of the Angara-A5M rocket demonstrator have been announced

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Tests of the electric refueling model of the Angara-A5M launch vehicle, which was named Angara-NJ, will be conducted at the Vostochny cosmodrome in 2023.

In Russia, they are preparing to test the demonstrator (electric filling model) of the promising Angara-A5M rocket at the Vostochny cosmodrome. This was told by the general designer of the V. M. Myasishchev Salyut Design Bureau Sergey Kuznetsov.

The tests of the Angara-NZH ("ground liquid") will be carried out in 2023. The goal is to work out the infrastructure. This will eliminate the risks of damage to the flight model of the carrier in the future.

"Angara-NJ— is a full-size scale model of "Angara-A5M". The systems involved in refueling and preparation at the launch complex have been made fully functional. Thanks to the demonstrator, mechanical assembly operations will be carried out: we are talking about assembling the "package" of the carrier, docking steps, conducting pneumatic tests and electrical tests.

In the future, an electric filling model can be used for testing a promising manned spacecraft.

As of today, the design documentation for the layout has already been released. Its manufacture is carried out by the production association "Flight", which is part of the Khrunichev State Scientific and Technical Center. The specialists welded the tanks, and also started checking and assembling the universal rocket modules.

The Angara-A5M is a version of the Angara-A5 heavy class rocket, first launched on December 23, 2014. In total, I completed three launches of this carrier.

If the first two were successful, then the third, held in December, turned out to be only partially so. The rocket was launched, all its stages were worked out, and the new Perseus upper stage with a dimensional and weight layout was put into low Earth orbit. However, it later turned out that the block did not cope with its task and eventually fell.

According to open sources, this year two launches of the Angara-A5 are to be held, as well as one launch of the light Angara-1.2. Both launches of the heavy carrier will be part of flight design tests.

"Angara-A5" on the launch table

Image Source: Ministry of Defense

In 2023, Angara-A5 is to launch a full-size mock-up of a new generation spacecraft, the Eagle, which is being considered as a replacement for the famous Soyuz. The year 2025 is called as the date of the first manned flight of the Eagle, and Angara-A5 (A5P) is also used for this.

Recall that last year, Russian specialists conducted a fire test of the RD-0146D1 oxygen-hydrogen engine, which is being created for the KVTK upper stage designed for the Angara-A5.

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