[Regnum] In 2024, it is planned to carry out three launches of the Angara rocket from the Plesetsk cosmodrome, said Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.
On April 24, Shoigu inspected the progress of construction and modernization of the cosmodrome’s infrastructure facilities, the press service of the Ministry of Defense informed.
During the meeting, the head of the Ministry of Defense noted that the creation of an infrastructure at the cosmodrome has been completed that provides launches of Angara launch vehicles of heavy and light classes with upper stages for launching spacecraft into all types of orbit in the interests of the military department.
“Six launches of these missiles have already been successfully carried out. This year it is planned to carry out three more launches of launch vehicles of this class,” Shoigu said.
As Regnum reported, on April 11, the Angara-A5 rocket launched for the first time from the Vostochny Cosmodrome. Angara-A5 has already made test flights, this launch was the fourth, but all previous ones took place from the Plesetsk cosmodrome. At Vostochny, the construction of the launch complex for the Angara series rockets was completed.
The launch of Angara is a landmark event, indicating a new stage in the development of the space industry in Russia, noted Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The successful launch of the Angara-A5 heavy launch vehicle is a major achievement as part of the implementation of the course to strengthen Russia’s technological sovereignty, political scientist and EISI expert Alexander Rudakov said earlier in an interview with Regnum.
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Tests of the Rokot rocket and space complex will take place in December this year, said Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.
According to the head of the Ministry of Defense, six launches of these missiles have already been successfully carried out. This year it is planned to carry out three more launches of launch vehicles of this class.
“ With the completion of the modernization of the second launch complex of Soyuz launch vehicles, the cosmodrome’s capabilities to support spacecraft launches will double. Work is underway to modernize the Rokot light-class rocket and space complex, testing of which is planned to begin in December of this year,” Shoigu said.
As Regnum reported, in April last year, the director of the M.V. Khrunichev Center, Alexey Varochko, reported that Russia had begun manufacturing some elements of the first Rokot-M launch vehicle with a domestic control system instead of the Ukrainian one.
The liquid three-stage launch vehicle "Rokot" was developed at the Center. Khrunichev in the 1980s. The first test launch took place in November 1990. Initially, these missiles used components produced in Ukraine. In 2019, the Russian Ministry of Defense stopped operating Rokot launch vehicles. The modernized Rokot-M missile is equipped only with domestically produced systems.
At the same time, the head of Roscosmos, Yuri Borisov, on April 22 at the opening of the cosmonaut preliminary training program created by the Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI) together with the Cosmonaut Training Center. Yu. A. Gagarin, said that at the Vostochny cosmodrome they can build infrastructure for the promising returnable launch vehicle “Crown”.