Angara A5 launch vehicle is bundled with 4 URM-1 boosters. There is also a URM-1 booster at the core stage. The take-off weight reaches more than 770 tons and can send a load of 24 tons to low earth orbit. After completing the rocket research and development, Russia also plans to send a probe to realize an unmanned moon landing. If funds are available, Russia will restart the moon landing plan and send an unmanned probe to the moon. Produced by
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On December 14, the Russian Space Agency successfully launched the Angara A5 carrier rocket at the Plesetsk launch site. This is the Russian version of the Long March 5 , which is of great significance. . The payload carried on the rocket is a simulated spacecraft with the upper stage Breeze-M, which successfully separated after 12 minutes and 28 seconds of lift-off. This launch was a complete success. The first flight of the
Angara A5 rocket was in December 2014. At that time, a virtual payload weighing 2 tons was sent to the geosynchronous orbit. The test flight took nearly 6 years. Such a long period of time exposed the lack of investment in Russian space. The state of technology is unstable, but these problems cannot stop Russia’s progress. The Angara A5 carrier rocket is the first step in Russia’s space renaissance. The so-called rockets are easy to handle. Russia has been limited by the carrying capacity of the Soyuz rocket in recent years, and even Soyuz launch accidents have occurred under the condition of insufficient budget. , This is very rare. The arrival of the Angara A5 carrier rocket will change everything because its carrying capacity has reached 24 tons, which is comparable to the Long March 5 carrier rocket. The
Angara A5 launch vehicle is bundled with 4 URM-1 boosters. There is also a URM-1 thruster at the core stage. The take-off weight reaches more than 770 tons, and it can send a load of 24 tons to low earth orbit. According to the Russian Space Agency's vision, the Angara A5 carrier rocket will be the carrier rocket of the new generation of Russian spacecraft, which will undertake space station construction, manned space missions, and missions to the moon and Mars. The mission is consistent with our Long March 5.
It is important to note that there is an enlarged version of the Angara A5 launch vehicle. The second stage is upgraded from URM-2 to URM-2V, and the third stage, the Angara A5V model, is added. The carrying capacity can be increased to 35 to 40 tons. At the core level, URM-1 boosters can be added, from 4 to 6, and the carrying capacity can be increased to 50 tons, which can basically meet the mission requirements of low earth orbit. The design idea of
Angara A5 launch vehicle is to increase the carrying capacity by adding URM-1 booster. Inside the URM-1 booster is an RD-191 engine, which is improved from RD-180 and RD-170. The latter two are already very familiar to us. They are the world’s best liquid oxygen kerosene engine, , from the United States. The universe god series rely on this engine to provide power. The test of the
RD-191 engine was completed in 2010, and it continued the advantages of the two generations of RD-180 and RD-170. The Russian Space Agency adopted the strategy of post-production, using off-the-shelf products to create more excellent engines, and liquid oxygen kerosene engines. Extreme. After completing the rocket research and development, Russia also plans to send a probe to realize an unmanned moon landing. If funds are available, Russia will restart the moon landing plan and send an unmanned probe to the moon. This article is exclusively first published by the Weapon Observatory, and any reprinting is declined.
