Dummy payload

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

72 rockets have launched from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation.

Rocket

Angara A5

Length: 55.4 meters
Diameter: 8.86 meters
First Launch: December 23, 2014

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.

The Angara A5 rocket has been launched a total of 2 times with 2 successful and 0 failed launches.

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.