The Successful Launch of a New Heavy-Weight Class LV - Angara-A5 On Dec. 23 at 08-57 a.m. from the Plesetsck Cosmodrome the new type of a heavy-weight-class LV — Angara — was successfully launched. “It means, that Russia now has modern and environment friendly Launch Vehicle of a heavy-weight-class”, - said mr. Ostapenko, the Head of the Russian Federal Space Agency. The creation of the Angara rocket complex – is one of the priority-driven directions of development of the National System of Launch vehicles, which is based on Russian inventions. Angara rocket complex consist of light-, middle- and heavy – weight types of LV with the payload from 3,8 to 35 tones. The main Design-bureau of a new class of LV is a KHRUNICHEV STATE RESEARCH AND PRODUCTION SPACE CENTER. “I`d like to congratulate everyone, who was involved in this project — designers, engineers, workers, military. Thank you for your job”- said Oleg Ostapenko earlier this day. All activities, up to the schedule of building of a ground infrastructure for lift off of Angara, are carrying out in accordance with the Federal Space Program, Strategy of Innovation Development of Russian Federation till 2020 and The Basic principles of State Policy in the Field of the Space exploration till 2030, which was approved by the Russian President on 19 of April 2013.
Posted on: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 14:54:45 +0000
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