Angara A5 (
Russian
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*Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries
*A citizen of Russia
*Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages
*''The Russians'', a b ...
: Ангара-А5), is a Russian
expendable
''Expendable'' is a science fiction novel by the Canadian author James Alan Gardner, published in 1997 by HarperCollins Publishers under its various imprints.Avon Books; HarperCollins Canada; SFBC/AvoNova. Paperback edition 1997, Eos Books. It i ...
heavy lift launch vehicle
A heavy-lift launch vehicle (HLV) is an orbital launch vehicle capable of lifting payloads between (by NASA classification) or between (by Russian classification) into low Earth orbit (LEO).50t payloads" Heavy-lift launch vehicles often carry ...
which consists of one URM-1 core and four URM-1 boosters, a URM-2 second stage, and an upper stage, either the
Briz-M
The Briz-K, Briz-KM and Briz-M ( meaning ''Breeze-K, KM and M'') are Russian liquid-propellant rocket orbit insertion upper stages manufactured by Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center and used on the Proton-M and Angara A5. T ...
,
Blok DM-03 or the
KVTK.
Weighing at lift-off, Angara A5 has a payload capacity of to a x 60° orbit. Angara A5 is able to deliver to
GTO with Briz-M, or to the same orbit with KVTK.
In the Angara A5, the four URM-1s used as boosters operate at full thrust for approximately 214 seconds, then separate. The URM-1 forming the vehicle's core is operated at full thrust for lift off, then throttled down to 30% to conserve propellant. The core is throttled back up after the boosters have separated and continues burning for another 110 seconds.
The first Angara A5 test flight was launched on 23 December 2014. The second test flight was launched on 14 December 2020 from Plesetsk.
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See Also
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Angara-1.2pp
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Angara 1.2
References
External links
First "Angara A5" launch from "Vostochny" Cosmodrome
{{RD-170 rocket engine family
Space launch vehicles of Russia
Vehicles introduced in 2014