At the Vostochny cosmodrome, flight tests of the Amur space rocket complex with the Angara-A5 heavy launch vehicle are preparing to begin. As Roscosmos reported, a train with rocket components from the Polet Production Association (a branch of the State Space Research and Production Center named after MV Khrunichev of the Roscosmos State Corporation) arrived at the Ledyanaya station this morning.
Tomorrow specialists from the Vostochny Space Center (a subsidiary of the Roscosmos Ground Space Infrastructure Facilities Operation Center) and the Khrunichev Center will unload the rocket blocks at the assembly and test building.
The first launch of the Russian Angara-A5 heavy launch vehicle from the Vostochny cosmodrome is planned for March 2024. “The Angara-5 rocket is already on the way together with the D upper stage. It will arrive at the cosmodrome and we hope that in the first quarter, in March, let’s make the first launch from the launch pad. A new life will begin in Vostochny,” the director of Roscosmos, Yuri Borisov, stated in an interview with Rossiya-24 at the end of December.
In Vostochny, the creation and testing of the functionality of the infrastructure of the technical complex for the preparation of the Angara launch vehicles was completed. Roscosmos specialists completed and confirmed, including with the help of an electric refueling model of the Angara-A5 – Angara-NZh launch vehicle, the readiness and operability of the launch complex systems. Thus, the space infrastructure for the Angara launch vehicles in Vostochny is ready to begin preparing the first flight rocket for launch.
As part of the first stage of the Amur space rocket complex at the Vostochny cosmodrome, it is planned to use the heavy three-stage launch vehicles “Angara-A5” and “Angara-A5M”.
Let us remind you that the Angara family includes light aircraft carrier “Angara-1.2”, medium aircraft carrier – “Angara-A3”, heavy aircraft carrier – “Angara-A5” and a modernized “Angara-A5M”, with increased carrying capacity – ” Angara -A5B”. Much has been written about the fact that the uniqueness of the Angara lies in its modularity. The basis for the creation of the launch vehicles of the Angara family are the universal rocket modules URM-1 and URM-2 That is, as a designer, on one basis, you can assemble a rocket from a different number of blocks: light, medium and heavy.
As experts emphasize, aggressive and toxic fuel components are not used in Angara launch vehicles, which can significantly improve environmental safety indicators both in the areas adjacent to the launch complex and in the area where the spent stages of the launch vehicle fall. launch vehicles.
