The family includes the light Angara-1.2 missile and the heavy Angara-A5 missile
It has become known when flight tests of Russian launch vehicles of the Angara family should be completed. As reported in the presentation of Roscosmos General Director Yuri Borisov, presented during an open lesson at the educational marathon of the Russian Society “Knowledge”, flight tests of the Angara-1.2 and Angara-A5 rockets should be completed in 2024. Previously, it was said that full-fledged serial production of these missiles would also start next year.
Flight tests of Angara launch vehicles will be completed in 2024
Recall that Angara-1.2 is a Russian two-stage light-class launch vehicle designed to launch a payload of up to 3.5 tons into low Earth orbit. Angara-A5 is a heavy launch vehicle capable of delivering 24 tons of payload into low Earth orbit. “Angara-A5” went on its first test flight from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome on December 23, 2014, the flight test program involves six launches, now three more remain to complete the tests.
