Angara’s Debut From Vostochny Expands Russia’s Launch Capabilities

Angara makes its debut launch from Vostochny.

Credit: Roscosmos/Natalya Berezhnaya
Russia has expanded its capabilities for orbiting heavy commercial and government payloads from its territory with the Angara A5 heavy-lift rocket’s first launch from Vostochny spaceport in the country’s Far East. Initially scheduled for April 9, the mission was postponed twice—first due to the...
Maxim Pyadushkin

In addition to writing for Aviation Week Network, Maxim holds a key position at Russia's Air Transport Observer magazine. In the past he was in charge of several ATO’s sister aerospace publications and earlier worked for Moscow-based CAST defense think-tank.

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