Dummy payload
Angara A5/Briz-M
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Mission
Dummy payload
Type: Test Flight
This is the second test flight of the Angara-A5 launch vehicle. It carries mass simulator payload which is to be delivered to geostationary orbit.
Location
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Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
1653 rockets have launched from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation.
Rocket
Angara A5 – Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Family: Angara
Length: 55.4 m
Diameter: 8.86 m
Launch Mass: 773 T
Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 24500 kg
The Angara A5 was manufactured by Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center with the first launch on 2014-12-23. Angara A5 has 2 successful launches and 0 failed launches with a total of 2 launches. Currently the largest rocket in the Angara family, Angara A5 utilizes five Universal Rocket Modules as the first stage, and is designed to phase out Proton.
Agency
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Type: Government
Abbreviation: KhSC
Administration: Director: Andrey Vladimirovich Kalinovskiy
Founded: 1916
Launchers: Proton | Rokot
Country: RUS
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.
