The Angara-A5 heavy launch vehicle with the Orion upper stage was successfully launched from the Vostochny Cosmodrome at 12:00 on April 11. Rocket launch published by government agency “Roscosmos”.
“The rocket performed normally, the upper stage separated from the rocket’s third stage and is currently injecting the test payload into the desired orbit!” – said the company.
On April 9, the newly built Amur launch complex at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Amur Region would be tested for the first time and the Angara-A5 heavy class launch vehicle would be sent into space. Rocket launch at the last minute It is cancelled due to malfunction of the central unit oxidizer tank pressurization system.
Launch on April 10 It is cancelled. According to the head of Roscosmos, the reason was a malfunction in the engine start control system.
The third launch attempt was planned for April 11. According to Denis Kravchenko, First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Economic Policy, the shortcomings identified during the postponement of launches managed to eliminate.
Previously at Roscosmos saidWhen Russian cosmonauts went into space.
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Source: Gazeta
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