Russia's second attempt to launch rocket from Far East aborted
Russia's second attempt to test-launch a new heavy-lift rocket from its Far Eastern space complex was aborted on Wednesday. The launch of the Angara-A5 rocket from the Vostochny spaceport was cancelled about two minutes before its planned time. State news agency RIA-Novosti said the cause was a failure of the pressurisation system of the oxidiser tank in the rocket's central block. The launch will be postponed for another day. The first attempt on Tuesday failed because the automatic safety system registered a flaw in the same system, said Roscosmos head Yuri Borisov. The launch was to be the ...