The rocket was initially scheduled for launch on April 9. However, a few minutes prior to the scheduled time, the launch was postponed for 24 hours.
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The launch is now scheduled for April 11.
The head of Roscosmos, Yuri Borisov, called the postponement of the launch an "ordinary" phenomenon. The reason was reportedly a failure in the engine launch control system.
Angara-A5 is the first heavy-lift launch vehicle - defined by Russia as capable of carrying a payload from 44,000 to 220,000 lbs - developed in Russia after the collapse of the USSR. It is positioned as an environmentally friendly rocket that does not use polluting fuel components, and is intended to replace the Proton-M launch vehicles.
The rocket has several variants, with the A5 as the heaviest.
The rocket has already been launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, but three launches from Plesetsk and three from Vostochny are required to start mass production.
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Section: Nation
Author: Alla Shcherbak
