20.06.2025

Angara is a family of Russian launch vehicles ranging from light-to heavy-lift classes

The Russian Space Forces launched an Angara-A5 carrier rocket with satellites from the Plesetsk spaceport in Russia’s northwest, the Defense Ministry said in a statement on Thursday.

"On June 19, 2025, an Angara-A5 carrier rocket with satellites on its board was launched from the Plesetsk cosmodrome [in the Arkhangelsk Region]," the statement reads.

Angara is a family of Russian launch vehicles ranging from light-to heavy-lift classes. Their propellants — kerosene and liquid oxygen — are environmentally friendly, unlike fuel used by the Proton-M rocket which the Angara launch vehicles are set to replace in the near future.

It is expected that, beyond the basic heavy-lift launch vehicle Angara-A5 (with a launch mass of approximately 773 tons and a payload capacity of up to 24.5 tons to low Earth orbit), modifications such as the Angara-A5M — with increased payload capacity — and the Angara-A5V, which will feature returnable first and second stages and a third stage powered by hydrogen, will be developed.

Rockets from this family are planned to be used for launching satellites into low Earth orbit (for example, the Spektr-UF orbital observatory), deploying modules for the planned Russian Orbital Station (ROS), and delivering crews to the orbital outpost.

Quelle: TASS