Russia’s Angara Completes First Multi-Satellite Launch

angara 1.2

Unlike the heavy Angara A5, the two-stage 1.2 modification has no strap-on boosters. 

Credit: Russian Defense Ministry
The Russian military is expanding its space capabilities, with the first dual-satellite launch using its Angara 1.2 light rocket and preparations to loft a new radar satellite before year-end to enhance all-weather surveillance. The Angara mission from the Plesetsk launch site in northern Russia on...

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