Russia to launch new Angara heavy carrier rocket from Plesetsk spaceport on Dec. 23

The fall area of launch vehicle separable parts is partially located on the territory of the Tomsk Region

The launch of an Angara-A5 heavy carrier rocket from the Plesetsk spaceport is scheduled for the evening of December 23, the administration of the Kargasoksky district of the Tomsk Region announced on Thursday.

"The launch of an Angara-A5 space rocket from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome [the Arkhangelsk Region] is planned. The launch time is 18:00 Moscow time on December 23, 2021 (the launch back-up date is December 24, 2021)," the administration said in a statement posted on the VKontakte social network.

The fall area of launch vehicle separable parts is partially located on the territory of the Kargasoksky, Parabelsky, Kolpashevsky and Verkhneketsky districts of the Tomsk Region, the statement says.

"The area’s territory is bounded by an ellipse with the dimensions of the axes of 160 km x 50 km, with the district’s center located 65 km northwest of Lake Tresh," the local administration specified.

Fragments of the carrier rocket’s second stage are expected to fall on this territory. The district’s administration called on local residents to avoid visiting the area at the specified time. "We persistently ask you to report to the Tomsk Region Population Protection and Territory Department, if you find fragments of the carrier rocket," the local administration said.

The Angara is a family of next-generation Russian space rockets. It consists of light, medium and heavy carrier rockets with a lifting capacity of up to 37.5 tonnes. The new family of rockets uses environmentally-friendly propellant components. The first two launches of Angara heavy rockets took place from the Plesetsk spaceport on December 23, 2014 and on December 14, 2020.

Quelle: TASS

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Update: 23.12.2021

Equipment problems, weather conditions behind Angara launch delay — source

Earlier, two rocket and space industry sources told TASS that the launch of the heavy Angara rocket was moved to a reserve date of December 24

The decision to postpone the launch of the heavy Angara-A5 carrier rocket by one day, to December 24, was due to ground infrastructure equipment problems and weather conditions, a rocket and space industry source has told TASS.

"The launch of the Angara-A5 carrier rocket was postponed by one day due to ground equipment problems and weather conditions," he said.

Earlier, two rocket and space industry sources told TASS that the launch of the heavy Angara rocket was moved to a reserve date of December 24. The blastoff was initially scheduled for 18:00 Moscow time on December 23.

Angara is a family of Russia’s launch vehicles. Its universal components are manufactured at the Omsk-based industrial association PO Polyot (an affiliate of the Roscosmos-run Khrunichev Center). There have been two launches of the Angara heavy rockets from Plesetsk - on December 23, 2014 and December 14, 2020.

Quelle: TASS

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Launch of Angara space rocket from Plesetsk postponed till December 24 — sources

The delay was confirmed

The launch of the heavy space rocket Angara from the Plesetsk cosmodrome, in the Arkhangelsk Region, has been postponed till the alternative date, December 24, two sources in the space rocket industry told TASS.

"The launch of the Angara rocket has been postponed by one day. Now it is due on December 24," one source said.

Another source has confirmed the delay.

Quelle: TASS

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