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Encyclopedia > Angara rocket

The Angara rocket is a planned space-launch vehicle, designed to place heavy payloads into orbit. It is currently under development at the Moscow-based Khrunichev State Space Scientific Production Center. The rocket will be primarily launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia, thereby reducing Russia's dependency on Kazakhstan for the use of their Baikonur Cosmodrome where the current generation of Russian rockets is launched from (but the heavy Angara A5 will be launched from both Plesetsk and Baikonur). The Angara will also end the need to purchase Zenit rockets from Ukraine. Location Position of Moscow in Europe Government Country District Subdivision Russia Central Federal District Federal City Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov Geographical characteristics Area  - City 1,081 km² Population  - City (2005)    - Density 10,415,400   8537. ... Khrunichev State Space Scientific Production Center is a Moscow-based producer of space-launch systems. ... Cyclone-3 rocket launching Meteor-3 satellite (Plesetsk, August 15, 1991) Plesetsk Cosmodrome is a Russian spaceport, located about 800 km north of Moscow and south of Arkhangelsk (coordinates vary in different sources, but 62°08′ N 41°01′ E seems plausible). ... The Baikonur Cosmodrome (Kazakh: Байқоңыр ғарыш айлағы, Bayqoñır ÄŸarış aylağı; Russian: Космодром Байконур, Kosmodrom Baykonur), also called Tyuratam, is the worlds oldest and largest working space launch facility. ... The Zenit rocket (Ukrainian: Зеніт, Russian: Зени́т; meaning Zenith) is a space launch vehicle manufactured by the Yuzhnoe Design Bureau of Ukraine. ...


The Angara will provide a similar lifting capability to the Proton rocket, the heavy lift workhorse of the Soviet Union and now Russia. The rockets are designed to be modular, similar to the US EELV, and the family will offer a range of configurations capable of lifting between 2,000 and 24,500 kilograms to LEO. The Proton (Прото́н) rocket (formal designation: UR-500, also known as D-1) is a Russian unmanned space vehicle design first launched in 1965 and still in use as of 2005. ... The Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) program was a United States government, primarily a Department of Defense–sponsored effort to develop at least one family of space launch vehicles, that would meet the long term needs of the military. ... A low Earth orbit (LEO) is an orbit in which objects such as satellites are below intermediate circular orbit (ICO) and far below geostationary orbit, but typically around 350 - 1400 km above the Earths surface. ...


The first launch of an Angara (probably the Angara A3 version) is expected to take place in 2006 or 2007 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome.


Angara specifications

Version Angara 1.1 Angara 1.2 Angara A3 Angara A5 Angara A5/KVRB
First stage 1xCRM, RD-191 1xCRM, RD-191 3xCRM, RD-191 5xCRM, RD-191 5xCRM, RD-191
Second stage Breeze-KM Block I, RD-0124A Block I, RD-0124A Block I, RD-0124A Block I, RD-0124A
Third stage (not used for LEO) -- –- Breeze-M Breeze-M KVRB
Thrust (at ground) 196 Mgf (1.92 MN) 196 Mgf (1.92 MN) 588 Mgf (5.77 MN) 980 Mgf (9.61 MN) 980 Mgf (9.61 MN)
Launch weight 149 t 171.5 t 478 t 773 t 790 t
Height (maximal) 34.9 m 41.5 m 45.8 m 55.4 m 64 m
Payload (LEO 200 km) 2 t 3.7 t 14.6 t 24.5 t 24.5 t
Payload (GTO) –- –- 2.4 t 5.4 t 6.6 t
Payload (GEO) –- –- –- 2.8 t 4 t

Comparable rockets: Delta IV - Atlas V - Ariane 5 - Chang Zheng 5 - Proton - Falcon 9 A low Earth orbit (LEO) is an orbit in which objects such as satellites are below intermediate circular orbit (ICO) and far below geostationary orbit, but typically around 350 - 1400 km above the Earths surface. ... The deprecated unit kilogram-force (kgf, often just kg) or kilopond (kp) is defined as the force exerted by one kilogram of mass in standard Earth gravity. ... In physics, the newton (symbol: N) is the SI unit of force, named after Sir Isaac Newton in recognition of his work on classical mechanics. ... A low Earth orbit (LEO) is an orbit in which objects such as satellites are below intermediate circular orbit (ICO) and far below geostationary orbit, but typically around 350 - 1400 km above the Earths surface. ... A geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) is a Hohmann transfer orbit around the Earth between a low Earth orbit (LEO) and a geostationary orbit (GEO). ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with geosynchronous orbit. ... It has been suggested that some sections of this article be split into a new article entitled Delta IV launches. ... Mercury Atlas 9 rocket and capsule on pad The Atlas is a venerable line of space launch vehicles built by Lockheed Martin. ... Ariane 5 lifts off with the Rosetta probe on 2 March 2004. ... Designed and developed by China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT), Long March 5 (LM-5, CZ-5, or Chang Zheng 5) is Chinas next generation space launch vehicle family, which would include a range of classes of launch vehicles for different missions. ... The Proton (Прото́н) rocket (formal designation: UR-500, also known as D-1) is a Russian unmanned space vehicle design first launched in 1965 and still in use as of 2005. ... The Falcon 9 is an EELV class launch vehicle to be built by SpaceX. Three variants are proposed and, if built, will provide payloads of between 8,700 kg and 24,750 kg to low Earth orbit, and between 3,100 kg and 9,650 kg to Geostationary transfer orbit. ...


External links

  • Angara family page by the Khrunichev Center (in Russian)
  • Angara page by ILS
  • Angara page by ESA
  • Energia family, including Angara launch vehicle, at Encyclopedia Astronautica
  • Angara family at RussianSpaceWeb
  • Baikal booster stage at RussianSpaceWeb
  • Angara specifications
List of expendable launch vehicles  v • d • e 
Current: Ariane 5 | Atlas V | Cosmos-3M | Delta II | Delta IV | Dnipro | Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle | H-IIA | Long March | Minotaur | Pegasus | Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle | Proton | Rockot | Soyuz | Taurus | Tsyklon | Zenit
Planned: Angara | H-IIB | Vega
Historical: Ariane 1 | Ariane 2/3 | Ariane 4 | Atlas ICBM | Atlas II | Atlas III | Black Arrow | Delta III | Diamant | Energia | Europa | M-V | N1 | R-7 Semyorka | Saturn I | Saturn IB | Saturn V | Saturn INT-21 | PGM-17 Thor | Titan (I, II, III, IV) | Voskhod | Vostok

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Energia Rocket&Space Corporation (RSC Energia) (328 words)
It is currently involved in a variety of projects, including development of the Russian modules of the International Space Station, the second stage of the Angara rocket (led by the Khrunichev Center), and several series of communications satellites.
Energia RSC began as Department No. 3 of Special Design Bureau NII-88 which was given the task, in August 1946, of developing Soviet rockets based on the German V-2.
When this project collapsed, Energia NPO proposed evolving the Buran booster rocket into the Energia-M. Currently, this proposal too is in mothballs having been sidelined by Angara.
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