The defense Ministry has ordered the Angara rocket for launches from the East, the source said
. The Russian defense Ministry signed a contract with the Khrunichev Center to launches of carrier rockets heavy class "Angara-A5" with the military satellites from the spaceport of Plesetsk and East, said Last news a source in the rocket and space industry.
in the petition, posted on the Internet by the manufacturer of "Angara" is the Khrunichev Centre reported that the company signed a contract with the Ministry of defence for production of missiles "Angara-A5" launch from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in 2019-2022 years and with the spaceport East in the period up to 2025.
"Angara" - a family of environmentally friendly carrier rockets of different classes. It includes light vehicles " Angara-1. 2 ", medium - " Angara-A3 ", heavy "Angara-A5" (modification of " ï?5ï? "- upgraded), and higher load-carrying capacity - " Angara-ï?5ï? ".
The basis for creating variants of "Angara" are oxygen-kerosene universal rocket module (URM), which is a complete design of the tanks of oxidizer, fuel, and the engine compartment. The number of URM first stage determines the capacity of the booster.
Rocket light class " Angara-1. 2PP "and heavy class" Angara-A5 " was First launched from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in 2014. In addition, it is expected the construction of Rocket launch complex "Angara" at the cosmodrome East.
The second launch of the Rocket "Angara-A5" from the Plesetsk is expected in early winter of 2019, one in 2020 and the start of " Angara-1. 2 " the South Korean satellite KOMPSAT-6 is planned in 2020. 1st launch of "Angara" from the East is expected in 2023.