Angara (rocket family)
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The Angara is a family of launch vehicles being developed by the Moscow-based Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center. The launch vehicles are to put between 3,800 kg and 24,500 kg into
First operational launch of Angara-A5 rocket
Angara mock-ups at the MAKS 2009 airshow near Moscow
From the left: Angara A5V, Proton M, Angara A5, Angara A5 and Angara 1.2 on MAKS 2021
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Proton (rocket family)
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Proton is a Soviet and Russian hypergolic expendable heavy-lift launch vehicle family. Developed by the Soviet space program, its first launch was in 1965. The Proton-K flew 310 missions from 1967 to
Angara (rocket family)
…partially completed Zenit-2 launch pad at the Russian Plesetsk Cosmodrome, and be able to launch military satellites into geosynchronous orbit, which Proton could not due to lack of a launch pad at Plesetsk Cosmodrome. Several companies submitted bids for the new launch vehicle, and in 1994 Khrunichev, the…
Launch of a Proton-K rocket carrying the Zvezda module to the ISS.
Proton-M, part being rotated to vertical. In the background, the mobile service tower can be observed.