The program is the first flight of the launch vehicle “Angara-A5″ successfully completed – RBC

The program is the first flight of the launch vehicle "Angara-A5″ successfully completed – RBC

The flight program of the first space rocket “Angara-A5″ is made in full. At the set time – 17:58 MSK Tuesday – “Angara-A5″ has brought to the target geostationary orbit orbital unit, said in a statement of the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Russia, received by RBC.

As part of the orbital unit – upper stage “Breeze-M” and the detachable part of the dimensions and layout of the mass of the payload.

The Defense Ministry said that “a new space rocket complex (KRK)” Angara “is based on a unified series of rockets light, medium and heavy classes subcontractors only Russian enterprises rocket and space industry and construction companies using exclusively domestic element base ».

« In addition, the family of launch vehicles “Angara” is not used aggressive and toxic rocket fuel on the basis of heptyl that can significantly improve the performance of environmental safety complex, as in the surrounding region to the spaceport, and in areas separating from parts of rockets, “- said the press service.