First Angara-A5 rocket preparing for launch at Vostochny

This is the first Russian heavy rocket to fly from this cosmodrome

Specialists from Roscosmos at the Vostochny Cosmodrome are beginning pre-launch checks of the Angara-A5 rocket.

The Angara-A5 will be the first Russian heavy launch vehicle to be launched from Vostochny.
Image source Vostochny Space Center / Roscosmos State Corporation

After checking the operability of the technological systems and complex, autonomous checks of the carrier's components are next in line.

At the cosmodrome, actions during the rocket launch on the cargo table with the Angara mock-up, including the launch facility, fueling the rocket mock-up, and other operations, have already been practiced. Now, the same needs to be done with the real rocket.
Image source Vostochny Space Center / Roscosmos State Corporation

For the launch of Angara-A5, Uralcryomash special tanks with a capacity of at least 85 cubic meters are also ready. They will deliver naphthyl, a fuel that will replace kerosene in the new rocket, to the Vostochny Cosmodrome.

Angara-A5 is the first heavy rocket to fly from the Vostochny Cosmodrome. Angara is a Russian three-stage launch vehicle developed by the Khrunichev Center, which is part of Roscosmos. The rocket is 55 meters long and almost 9 meters in diameter. The launch mass is 773 tons. Depending on the orbit, Angara can deliver from 2.8 to 24 tons of payload. It will be launched with five universal rocket modules equipped with RD-191 engines (four modules on the first stage and one on the second).

It is known that flight tests of the Russian Angara family of rockets - Angara-A5 and Angara-A5M - will be completed in 2024.

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