Vostochny Angara Test Flight
Angara A5/Blok DM-03
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
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T+ 00 : 00 : 00 | Liftoff First upwards movement of the rocket |
T+ 00 : 03 : 34 | Booster Separation The side boosters are separated from the launcher. |
T+ 00 : 05 : 25 | Stage 2 Separation Separation of the second stage from the first |
T+ 00 : 05 : 39 | Fairing Separation Separation of the payload fairing |
T+ 00 : 12 : 26 | SECO Cut-off of the second engine |
Mission
Vostochny Angara Test Flight
- Type: Test Flight
- Orbit: Geostationary Orbit
- Launch Cost: $31,000,000
First test launch of the Angara A5 launch vehicle from the Vostochny Cosmodrome. The rocket will carry a mass simulator payload.
Location
Cosmodrome Site 1A
Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation
Cosmodrome Site 1A has witnessed the launch of 1 rockets, including 1 orbital launch attempts. While Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation, has been the site for 19 rocket launches.
The Vostochny Cosmodrome is a Russian spaceport above the 51st parallel north in the Amur Oblast, in the Russian Far East. It is intended to reduce Russia's dependency on the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The first launch took place on 28 April 2016 at 02:01 UTC.
Rocket
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center Angara A5/Blok DM-03
Angara A5/Blok DM-03 is an Angara A5 with an improved Blok DM-03 RP-1/LOX upper stage. There are 2 variants for the DM-03: the Persey for launches from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, and the Orion for launches from the Vostochny Cosmodrome.
Agency
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center is a Moscow-based producer of spacecraft and space-launch systems, including the Proton and Rokot rockets and is currently developing the Angara rocket family. The Proton launch vehicle launches from Baikonur and Rokot launches from Baikonur and Plesetsk. Angara will launch from Plesetsk and Vostochny.