DocM Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 http://www.parabolicarc.com/2014/07/21/khrunichev-ships-heavylift-angara-5-plesetsk-cosmodrome/#more-52947 Khrunichev Ships Heavy-lift Angara 5 to Plesetsk Cosmodrome MOSCOW (Khrunichev PR) ? Preparations are in full swing for the launch of Angara 5 heavy-lift launch vehicle, marking the next testing phase of the new Angara Space Rocket Complex (SRC). The required testing completed, the first Angara 5 launch vehicle flight article has been shipped to Plesetsk from Khrunichev Space Center (KhSC) of Moscow. Two trains carrying the Angara 5 components (booster stages, upper stage, payload dummy and payloads fairing) left the KhSC facility last week. The Angara SRC flight testing started on 9 July with the successful orbiting of Angara 1.2ML (?Maiden Launch?) carrying a firmly attached payload simulator, the latter not subject to separation. Angara Space Rocket Complex The Angara Space Rocket Complex (?Angara SRC?) is one of the priorities in Russia?s national program to develop launch systems using exclusively the domestic R&D and production potential. Building the Angara SRC is a task of particular national importance. When the Angara SRC becomes operational, Russia will be in a position to launch all types of satellites from its own territory, thereby gaining a guaranteed independent access to outer space. The Angara SRC state customers are the Ministry of Defense and Federal Space Agency while the chief design and development contractor is the Khrunichev Space Center. The Angara LV family includes a range of light-, medium-, and heavy-lift launch vehicles based on generic modules. The Angara family will have the capacity to translate virtually the entire range of would-be payloads to orbits of the entire range of altitudes and inclinations including geostationary orbits, affording true independence to domestic space programs. The modular principle supports the buildup of various launch vehicle classes by just using so many generic boosters: one for the light-lift, three for the medium-lift and five for the heavy-lift. The parts and components used in the Angara design are all domestically produced..The generic modules (Common Core Boosters) serve as basis for building light-, medium-, and heavy-lift launch vehicles. Standardization and commonality of the parts being used make it possible to launch all LVs of the Angara family from one multi-purpose launch pad. A prototype of Angara-1.2ML, URM-1 Common Core Booster, has seen three flight tests as part of KSLV-1, the first South Korean launch vehicle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted November 19, 2014 Author Share Posted November 19, 2014 Angara 5 rollout http://spaceflightnow.com/2014/11/19/russias-new-heavy-lifter-rolled-to-launch-pad/ Russia?s new heavy-lifter rolled to launch pad Several weeks ahead of a planned liftoff in late December, the biggest new Russian rocket to fly in a generation rolled to its launch pad at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia earlier this month for preflight testing. The heavy-lift Angara 5 rocket is due to replace Russia?s Proton launcher to haul the country?s heaviest satellites into orbit. Manufactured by the Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center ? the Proton?s prime contractor ? the Angara 5 is also slated to compete for commercial satellite launches on the global market. Russian news agencies have reported the rocket?s first liftoff is scheduled for around Dec. 25. It will carry a simulated payload into geostationary transfer orbit stretching more than 20,000 miles above Earth, a common destination for communications satellites. Weighing 773 metric tons (852 tons) when filled with kerosene, liquid oxygen and hypergolic propellants, the Angara 5 is the biggest Russian launcher to debut since the Energia rocket for the Soviet Union?s Buran space shuttle flew in the late 1980s. The booster is formed of five rocket cores each fitted with an RD-191 engine built by NPO Energomash of Khimki, Russia. Engineers derived the single-chamber RD-191 engine from the four-nozzle RD-171 and dual-chamber RD-180 engines flying on the Zenit and Atlas 5 launchers. When it is cleared for liftoff, the Angara 5 rocket?s five kerosene-fueled RD-191 engines will generate nearly 2.2 million pounds of thrust to power the massive booster off the launch pad at Plesetsk, a military-run space base about 500 miles north of Moscow. > A second stage RD-0124A engine and a Breeze M upper stage ? borrowed from Russia?s Soyuz 2-1b and Proton rockets ? will finish the job. The Angara 5 can place up to 24.5 metric tons ? about 54,000 pounds ? into a 120-mile-high orbit. On missions with communications satellites heading for geostationary transfer orbit, an Angara 5 rocket can lift up to 5.4 metric tons, or about 11,900 pounds, according to Khrunichev. > Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unobscured Vision Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 kerosene, liquid oxygen and hypergolic propellants That's a tricky mix. Potent, but tricky. If anyone can make it work, it's the Russians. They've got far more experience with Hypergolics than any other organization. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloatingFatMan Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 I hope they've checked for parts being hammered in upside down... :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted December 9, 2014 Author Share Posted December 9, 2014 One would hope, but they still have the finicky Breeze-M upper stage, which has more often been the cause of failures like Fobos-Grunt. It's also delayed the latest Proton launch for weeks with comm issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted December 18, 2014 Author Share Posted December 18, 2014 @RussianSpaceWeb #Russia's first #Angara5 is set for a maiden launch on Dec. 23 from #Plesetsk: http://t.co/2WKhRx65Ll #Angara #Roscosmos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted December 23, 2014 Author Share Posted December 23, 2014 Congrats on a successful launch Good to see Russia going to the Common Core Booster (CCB) model. It should help their quality control and costs a lot for the lower stages, and hopefully they'll sort out the issues with the Briz-M upper stage. Angara 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Warwagon MVC Posted December 23, 2014 MVC Share Posted December 23, 2014 Hope it doesn't explode on take off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted December 23, 2014 Author Share Posted December 23, 2014 This one didn't, and I assume they learned from Proton to make the gyros installable in only one direction - with or without a hammer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloatingFatMan Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 This one didn't, and I assume they learned from Proton to make the gyros installable in only one direction - with or without a hammer. -Everything- can be installed with a hammer! watkinsx2 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watkinsx2 Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 -Everything- can be installed with a hammer! If it doesn't fit - you're not hitting it hard enough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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