Russia’s New Angara Lifts Two Tons To GEO
Credit: Russian defense ministry
A five-engine Russian Angara-5 launch vehicle demonstrated its ability to place a two-ton payload in geostationary orbit early Dec. 23, launching a dummy payload from Plesetsk Cosmodrome in the far north. Liftoff came at 12:57 a.m. EST, and the payload mock-up reached its target orbit nine hours...
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