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Still (just) on-topic: I just saw "the Martian" (excellent) but can anyone confirm my impression that the Chinese rocket launched was actually one of these Angara rockets?

future for TKS in Russia? But will it lead anywhere? I mean, does this suggest that the Angara rocket designers, or their potential customers are seriously thinking of using the TKS spacecraft, or is it just a left-over model they found and stuck on top for a display? They could have put a...

familiar top to Angara rocket I was just reading about the proposed Angara class of Russian launchers. The photo at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Angara_missiles.jpg has an awfully-familiar looking top to the model at the right...

I suddenly had the bright idea of using the date of arrival to search for the photos... (blush) They're currently at page 189/190 or so, dated Jan 5, 2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/55345349@N07/page190/). There are about 14, showing varying amounts of detail of the tarps wrapped around...

Possibly; on the other hand, it gives (at the very least) something to train with, and design around, right now.

Can you quote the photo numbers? Those pages now only show big machines eating buildings.

just joined, mostly for the TKS info. Lots of good stuff here, looking forward to absorbing and using it :-)

Hi, new addition to the forum here. I assume this thread is about modelling the TKS in non-corporeal form :-) but does anyone know of any physical commercial models - paper, plastic, resin? Apart from the ones on the Isle of Man, that is... This chap has hinted he's working on one, maybe...