Heavy Angara A5 Orbits First Payloads From Plesetsk
Angara A5’s first operational launch from Plesetsk.
Credit: Russia Defense Ministry
More than a decade after its first liftoff, Russia’s Angara A5 heavy rocket finally has become operational. The 773-metric-ton rocket flew from the Plesetsk military spaceport in Northern Russia on June 19 carrying an undisclosed spacecraft, the country’s defense ministry reports. After the liftoff...
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