The final tests of the Angara-A5 for the Amur spacecraft have started

Planned preparations for the launch of the Amur missile system continue. This Friday, control testing of its component, the Angara-A5 heavy launch vehicle, began.


At the Polet production association (Omsk), all electrical circuits of the launch vehicle are being checked. Let us remind you that this enterprise is the main site for the assembly of the Angara. After successful testing at the plant’s test station, the rocket will be transferred directly to the cosmodrome, where it will be prepared for launch.


Angara-A5 is a three-stage launch vehicle. Its parameters:

✅ Length with head part - 55,23 m
✅ Diameter - 8,86 m
✅ Starting weight - 773 kg

At the same time, the space rocket complex, in addition to the indicated launch vehicle, will use modifications A5M and A5B. The latter has a lifting capacity of 38 tons. It is also planned to use the following at the KRC:

✅ oxygen-hydrogen upper stages (from the Dvina-KVTK complex)
✅ DM type upper stages from the Orion complex (developed by RSC Energia)

"Amur" will be capable of providing unmanned and manned flights of transport ships for various purposes into low-Earth orbit.