Angara

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Angara is a family of Russian modular space-launch vehicles designed to provide flexible, modern access to orbit from sites such as the Plesetsk Cosmodrome.

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Angara canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf expendable launch system ⓘ
family of space-launch vehicles ⓘ
capability launch to geostationary transfer orbit ⓘ
launch to low Earth orbit ⓘ
launch to sun-synchronous orbit ⓘ
configurationType modular launch vehicle family ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Russia ⓘ
designer Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center ⓘ
designGoal modular scalability of payload capacity ⓘ
reduce dependence on Baikonur Cosmodrome ⓘ
use non-toxic propellants ⓘ
developmentStart 1990s ⓘ
familyMember Angara 1.1 ⓘ
Angara 1.2 ⓘ
Angara A3 ⓘ
Angara A5 ⓘ
Angara A5M ⓘ
Angara A5V ⓘ
Angara A7 ⓘ
firstFlight 2014-07-09 ⓘ
firstLaunchSite Plesetsk Cosmodrome ⓘ
intendedToReplace Proton-K ⓘ
linked to: Proton rocket

Proton-M ⓘ
linked to: Proton rocket

Zenit launch vehicle ⓘ
launchSite Vostochny Cosmodrome ⓘ
launchVehicleFamilyFor Russian military payloads ⓘ
civilian satellites ⓘ
manufacturer Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center ⓘ
notableVariant Angara 1.2PP ⓘ
Angara A5/Briz-M ⓘ
Angara A5/Persei ⓘ
operator Roscosmos ⓘ
Russian Space Forces ⓘ
primaryEngine RD-191 ⓘ
propellantType kerosene/LOX ⓘ
purpose orbital launch ⓘ
replacement for Proton launch vehicle ⓘ
stageCount 2 ⓘ
3 ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
successorTo UR-500 (Proton) design line ⓘ
upperStagePropellantType LOX/LH2 ⓘ
hypergolic propellants ⓘ
usesCoreStage Universal Rocket Module 1 (URM-1) ⓘ
usesUpperStage Briz-M ⓘ
Persei (DM-03 based upper stage) ⓘ
linked to: Briz-M upper stage

Universal Rocket Module 2 (URM-2) ⓘ
linked to: URM-2 upper stage

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