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Vostochny Angara Test Flight
Test Flight
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center(KhSC)Government
Angara A5/Blok DM-03A5/DM-03
Direct-GEOorbit
First test launch of the Angara A5 launch vehicle from the Vostochny Cosmodrome. The rocket will carry a mass simulator payload.
Thursday, April 11, 2024 at 9:00 AM
Replay
Flight Timeline
- T+00:00Liftoff
- T+03:34Booster Separation
- T+05:25Stage 2 Separation
- T+05:39Fairing Separation
- T+12:26SECO
Mission details
Orbital Attempt
#6,659
KhSC Mission
#192
Pad Launch
#1
Location Launch
#17
Designator
2024-069
Launch Window
NET
Apr 11, 2024, 9:00 AM
Precision
Second
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
- Apr 11, 2024, 4:19 PM
Launch success confirmed with the upper stage reaching GEO.
Source - Apr 11, 2024, 9:00 AM
Liftoff
Source - Apr 11, 2024, 8:28 AM
Official Webcast by Роскосмос ТВ has started
Source - Apr 10, 2024, 10:40 AM
24 hours scrub due to engine ignition controller issue.
Source - Apr 10, 2024, 9:02 AM
Hold just before liftoff.
Source - Apr 10, 2024, 8:29 AM
Official Webcast by Роскосмос ТВ has started
Source - Apr 10, 2024, 1:37 AM
GO for launch.
Source - Apr 9, 2024, 9:49 AM
Scrubbed for the day due to core stage oxidizer tank pressurization issue.
Source - Apr 9, 2024, 9:00 AM
Hold at T-2 minutes.
Source - Apr 9, 2024, 8:00 AM
Official Webcast by Роскосмос ТВ has started
Source - Apr 8, 2024, 8:47 AM
GO for launch.
Source - Apr 8, 2024, 2:13 AM
Added approximate launch time.
Source - Mar 27, 2024, 1:24 PM
Reportedly targeting April 9
Source - Mar 10, 2024, 9:45 AM
NET April 6-10.
Source - Jan 23, 2024, 11:43 PM
NET early April 2024.
Source - Nov 15, 2023, 12:17 PM
NET March 21, 2024.
Source - Sep 23, 2023, 6:31 AM
NET March 2024.
Source - Apr 14, 2023, 4:23 PM
NET December 2023
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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
Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation
The Vostochny Cosmodrome is a Russian spaceport above the 51st parallel north in the Amur Oblast, in the Russian Far East. It is intended to reduce Russia's dependency on the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The first launch took place on 28 April 2016 at 02:01 UTC.
Timezone
Asia/Yakutsk
Local Launch Time
Apr 11, 2024, 6:00 PM
Total Launches
21
Total Landings
0
Coordinates
51.8844, 128.3339