Dummy payload
Angara A5/Briz-M
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Rocket Launch Videos
Mission
Dummy payload
- Type: Test Flight
- Orbit: Geostationary Orbit
- Launch Cost: $31,000,000
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
35/1
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
35/1 has witnessed the launch of 8 rockets, including 8 orbital launch attempts. While Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation, has been the site for 1675 rocket launches.
Plesetsk Cosmodrome is a Russian spaceport located in Mirny, Arkhangelsk Oblast, about 800 km north of Moscow and approximately 200 km south of Arkhangelsk. Originally developed as an ICBM site for the R-7 missile, it also served for numerous satellite launches using the R-7 and other rockets. Its high latitude makes it useful only for certain types of launches, especially the Molniya orbits, so for much of the site's history it functioned as a secondary location, with most orbital launches taking place from Baikonur, in the Kazakh SSR. With the end of the Soviet Union, Baikonur became a foreign territory, and Kazakhstan charged $115 million usage fees annually. Consequently, Plesetsk has seen considerably more activity since the 2000s.
Rocket
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center Angara A5/Briz-M
Angara A5/Briz-M is an Angara A5 with an Briz-M upper stage previously used on the Proton launch vehicle.
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.
