The State Commission considers the issue of transferring the launch of a heavy launch vehicle “Angara-A5”, which was previously broken. Start from the Plesetsk cosmodrome can be transferred to December 25th. It is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to sources in a rocket and space industry.
“Currently, a state commission works on the cosmodrome Plesetsk, which studies the reasons for the abolition of start-up on Friday and decides the question of the possibility of launching a carrier missile” Angara-A5 “on Saturday,” said the agency source.
He added that the launch was canceled automatics of the starting complex. Specialists establish the causes of cancellation.
Earlier, the administration of the Kargasok district of the Tomsk region reported that the third in the seven years the launch of the Angara-A5 missile was scheduled for December 23. Reserve date – December 24th. Before that, the rocket started in 2014 and 2020.
In December 2020, Angara-A5 brought 2.4 tons of cargo to geostationary orbit during the test start.