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Angara-A5 booster rocket
The launch of the heavy-class launch vehicle was carried out with the general mass design of the payload.
The second test launch of the Angara-A5 heavy launch vehicle was carried out in the Russian Federation. This is reported by the RF Ministry of Defense.
“The Aerospace Forces Space Forces combat crew conducted a test launch of an Angara-A5 heavy-class carrier rocket with a general mass model of the payload,” the message reads.
The launch is reported to have taken place from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. Pre-launch operations and the launch of the rocket were carried out as usual.
It is specified that this was the second test launch of the Angara-A5 heavy-class launch vehicle. The previous release was made in 2014.
The first images of the launch of the launch vehicle. #Angara-A5 of the cosmodrome #Plesetsk… At 09:04 Moscow time, the upper section Briz-M separated from the aircraft carrier нос
The additional launch of the orbital block will be carried out using the upper stage “Briz-M” pic.twitter.com/P8fHrzxHZS
– ROSCOSMOS (@roscosmos) December 14, 2020
Recall that in 2014, the first test launch of the Angara-A5 heavy-class launch vehicle was carried out in Russia from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome.
It was also reported that the prototype of the reusable interplanetary spacecraft of the company Elon Musk Starship SN8 of the American company SpaceX exploded during the tests.
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