Angara 5 Flies

A five-engine Russian Angara-5 launch vehicle demonstrated its ability to place a two-ton payload in geostationary orbit Dec. 23, launching a dummy payload from Plesetsk Cosmodrome. The payload mockup reached its target orbit 9 hr. after liftoff with the help of a Briz-M upper stage, according to...

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