The new Russian heavy lift launch vehicle, Angara-A5, has been successfully launched on its maiden test mission from the 1st Test Cosmodrome...
The new Russian heavy lift launch vehicle, Angara-A5, has been successfully launched on its maiden test mission from the 1st Test Cosmodrome at Plesetsk on December 23.
The expendable Angara LV family includes a range of light-, medium-, and heavy-lift launch vehicles based on generic modules.
The three stage Angara-А5.1L Integrated Launch Vehicle (ILV), is made up of generic modules (common core boosters) and an ascent unit (AU).
The AU comprised a satellite (payload) mass-size mockup, installed on the Breeze M upper stage booster under a payload fairing.
The launch vehicle is uses environmentally-safe fuel components, oxygen and kerosene.
The lift-off mass of Angara-А5.1L ILV is approximately 768 metric tonne, the mockup mass is 2.04 metric tonne.
The Angara product line includes lightweight to heavy-lift launchers featuring LEO payload capabilities of 3.8 MT to 35 MT (Angara A7).
The orbital unit (OU), including the Breeze M and payload mockup, separated from Stage III nominally. The rest of the OU journey to the target geostationary orbit was based on the Breeze M propulsion system. The OU reached the target orbit at the predicted time, i.e. app. 9 hours from the lift-off.
The mission plan did not foresee Breeze M / payload separation. Having reached the target orbit, Breeze M made two maneuvers to divert the orbital unit to the graveyard orbit.
The modular principle supports the buildup of various launch vehicle classes by just using so many generic boosters: one for the light-lift, three for the medium-lift and five for the heavy-lift.
The generic modules (Common Core Boosters) serve as basis for building light-, medium-, and heavy-lift launch vehicles. Standardization and commonality of the parts being used, combined with unique design solutions, make it possible to launch all LVs of the Angara family from one multi-purpose launch pad.
The LOX/kerosene common core booster (CCB or URM) is a wholesome structure that includes an oxidizer tank, a fuel tank (both tanks being coupled by a spacer) and a propulsion bay.
Each CCB is fit with one RD 191 high-power liquid engine. This engine is being developed on the basis of (1) the four-chamber engine used earlier by the Energia launch vehicle and (2) the RD 170/171 engine still in operation on the Ukranian Zenith LV.
One CCB (URM) is used by the light-weight Angara 1.2 LV. The maximum number of CCBs is seven (Angara А7).
The CCBs had been flight-tested as part of the experimental small-lift Angara-1.2ML, which was successfully launched in July 2014, starting Angara SRC flight tests out of Plesetsk.
The Angara Space Rocket Complex (“Angara SRC”) is one of the priorities in Russia’s national program to develop launch systems using exclusively the domestic R&D and production potential.
When the Angara SRC becomes operational, Russia will be in a position to launch all types of satellites from its own territory, thereby gaining a guaranteed independent access to outer space.
The Angara SRC state customers are the Ministry of Defense and Federal Space Agency while the chief design and development contractor is the Khrunichev Space Center.
The expendable Angara LV family includes a range of light-, medium-, and heavy-lift launch vehicles based on generic modules.
The three stage Angara-А5.1L Integrated Launch Vehicle (ILV), is made up of generic modules (common core boosters) and an ascent unit (AU).
The AU comprised a satellite (payload) mass-size mockup, installed on the Breeze M upper stage booster under a payload fairing.
The launch vehicle is uses environmentally-safe fuel components, oxygen and kerosene.
The lift-off mass of Angara-А5.1L ILV is approximately 768 metric tonne, the mockup mass is 2.04 metric tonne.
The Angara product line includes lightweight to heavy-lift launchers featuring LEO payload capabilities of 3.8 MT to 35 MT (Angara A7).
The orbital unit (OU), including the Breeze M and payload mockup, separated from Stage III nominally. The rest of the OU journey to the target geostationary orbit was based on the Breeze M propulsion system. The OU reached the target orbit at the predicted time, i.e. app. 9 hours from the lift-off.
The mission plan did not foresee Breeze M / payload separation. Having reached the target orbit, Breeze M made two maneuvers to divert the orbital unit to the graveyard orbit.
The modular principle supports the buildup of various launch vehicle classes by just using so many generic boosters: one for the light-lift, three for the medium-lift and five for the heavy-lift.
The generic modules (Common Core Boosters) serve as basis for building light-, medium-, and heavy-lift launch vehicles. Standardization and commonality of the parts being used, combined with unique design solutions, make it possible to launch all LVs of the Angara family from one multi-purpose launch pad.
The LOX/kerosene common core booster (CCB or URM) is a wholesome structure that includes an oxidizer tank, a fuel tank (both tanks being coupled by a spacer) and a propulsion bay.
Each CCB is fit with one RD 191 high-power liquid engine. This engine is being developed on the basis of (1) the four-chamber engine used earlier by the Energia launch vehicle and (2) the RD 170/171 engine still in operation on the Ukranian Zenith LV.
One CCB (URM) is used by the light-weight Angara 1.2 LV. The maximum number of CCBs is seven (Angara А7).
The CCBs had been flight-tested as part of the experimental small-lift Angara-1.2ML, which was successfully launched in July 2014, starting Angara SRC flight tests out of Plesetsk.
The Angara Space Rocket Complex (“Angara SRC”) is one of the priorities in Russia’s national program to develop launch systems using exclusively the domestic R&D and production potential.
When the Angara SRC becomes operational, Russia will be in a position to launch all types of satellites from its own territory, thereby gaining a guaranteed independent access to outer space.
The Angara SRC state customers are the Ministry of Defense and Federal Space Agency while the chief design and development contractor is the Khrunichev Space Center.
