The rocket lifted off Monday morning from the Plesetsk
cosmodrome in northwest Russia.
“It flies, damn it!” Dmitry Rogozin, head of Russia’s space
agency Roscosmos, tweeted after the launch.
Its first successful test launch took place in 2014 and was
hailed by Russian President Vladimir Putin as “a major achievement for our
space rocket industry and for Russia in general.”
Angara A5 is designed to replace the Proton M heavy lift
rocket, but its development and manufacturing has been plagued by delays and
technical problems.
Roscosmos on Monday touted the increased environmental
safety of the Angara rockets, as they “do not use aggressive and toxic
propellants, significantly increasing environmental safety both in the areas
adjacent to the launch complex and in the drop zones.”
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