Failure
Dummy payload
Test Flight
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center(KhSC)Government
Angara A5/Blok DM-03A5/DM-03
Direct-GEOorbit
This is the third test flight of Angara A5 launch vehicle and its first flight with Persey upper stage. Since it's a test flight, the rocket carries a mass simulator payload.
Monday, December 27, 2021 at 7:00 PM
Replay
Status Details
Failure Reason
Upper stage failed to restart for 2nd burn leaving upper stage & payload simulator in LEO. As the resulting orbit would be completely unsalvageable by a hypothetical real payload, and the main purpose of the launch was to test the Persey upper stage, it should be considered a failure.
Mission details
Orbital Attempt
#6,179
KhSC Mission
#189
Pad Launch
#4
Location Launch
#1,646
Designator
2021-133
Launch Window
NET
Dec 27, 2021, 7:00 PM
Schedule Changes
1 update
Angara A5/Blok DM-03 Specs
Angara A5/Blok DM-03 is an Angara A5 with an improved Blok DM-03 RP-1/LOX upper stage. There are 2 variants for the DM-03: the Persey for launches from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, and the Orion for launches from the Vostochny Cosmodrome.
Length
55.4 m
Diameter
8.86 m
Launch Mass
773 t
Thrust
9,600 kN
LEO Capacity
24,500 kg
GTO Capacity
7,000 kg
GEO Capacity
3,600 kg
Launch Cost
$31M
Reusable
No
Maiden Flight
2021
Fastest Turnaround
2y 3mo
Total Launches
2
Successful
1
Failed
1
Consecutive Success
1
Maiden flight: Dec 27, 2021
Social Flight Log
- Dec 28, 2021, 6:00 AM
Launch outcome update, upper stage stranded in LEO after failing to restart.
Source - Dec 27, 2021, 7:03 PM
Lift off per insider source
Source - Dec 27, 2021, 7:44 AM
Back on Dec. 27.
Source - Dec 27, 2021, 6:35 AM
New launch date per insider sources.
Source - Dec 25, 2021, 9:57 AM
New date per insider sources, keeping TBC status until new info is available
Source - Dec 24, 2021, 3:12 PM
Scrub per insider source, pushing 24 hr in the launch window until new info on next attempt is available
Source - Dec 24, 2021, 9:00 AM
Previously mentioned NOTAMs are not for delayed date, but extension of the launch window. Launch is still go for today per insider sources.
Source - Dec 24, 2021, 1:01 AM
NET December 27 per NOTAMs.
Source - Dec 23, 2021, 1:46 PM
Go for launch.
Source - Dec 21, 2021, 11:22 PM
One day slip due to ground equipment and weather.
Source - Dec 9, 2021, 9:27 AM
Updated launch date/time per local drop zone evacuation notices.
Source
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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.
Timezone
Europe/Moscow
Local Launch Time
Dec 27, 2021, 10:00 PM
Total Launches
1,685
Total Landings
0
Coordinates
62.9256, 40.5778
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.
Founded
1916
Administrator
Director: Andrey Vladimirovich Kalinovskiy
Total Launches
193
Successful
178
Failed
15
Pending
0
Consecutive Success
4