Launch News A Wild Russian Monster Rocket has appeared! Angara-A5 test flight, December 23, 2014

[SiberianTiger]

Soooo... It works!!

 

[Eraser]

Looking forward to see the launch video.

 

[Cosmic Penguin]

Soooo... It works!!

You mean the 5 URM-1 and 1 URM-2 .....poor little Briz-M needs 9 hours and 4 burns to reach geostationary orbit. :tiphat:

 

[Eraser]

You mean the 5 URM-1 and 1 URM-2 .....poor little Briz-M needs 9 hours and 4 burns to reach geostationary orbit. :tiphat:

Well, Briz-M is proved already, ummm, somewhat proved... :lol:

 

[SiberianTiger]

What we have now, the brief launch video:

 

[Cosmic Penguin]

What we have now, the brief launch video:

Видео пуска ракеты-носителя тяжелого класса "Ангара-А5

And before that:

 

[SiberianTiger]

A vid on RT showing the launch from afar. Does remind me the only Energia/Buran launch!

 

[C3PO]

That thing just jumped of the pad. Would it beat the STS in a 1/4 mile drag race? :lol:

I thought the 5-core setup looked very kerbal, but I didn't want to jinx it. :thumbup:

 

[SiberianTiger]

That thing just jumped of the pad. Would it beat the STS in a 1/4 mile drag race? :lol:

I think that's because it went severely underloaded this time. It was carrying just a little boilerplate mock-up...

 

[C3PO]

I think that's because it went severely underloaded this time. It was carrying just a little boilerplate mock-up...

Spaceflightnow reports the mockup sat at ~2.000 kg. Given that it can carry 5.400 kg to GTO, the extra 3.400 kg shouldn't make that much difference during the liftoff. However on a ~25 T mission to LEO the difference might be noticeable.

 

[Ghostrider]

We're so totally gonna need a bigger Pokéball.

 

[N_Molson]

Congratulations Russia

The cloud cover is impressively low. American or European standard would probably not have allowed a launch within those conditions. But again russian launchers are designed to be weather-proof ;-)

The way the engines cast light on it before the launcher even lifts off is incredible. Quite a strong light source BTW.

When you think to it, it's a big R-7. 1+4 LOX/RP-1 liquid boosters, definitively a proven configuration :yes:.

Long life to the (already big) new-born ! :lol:

 

[SiberianTiger]

Few launch pictures are published at the Ministry of Defence website:

http://xn--80ahclcogc6ci4h.xn--90anlfbebar6i.xn--p1ai/multimedia/photo/gallery.htm?id=19747@cmsPhotoGallery

And TASS news agency have just reported the successful GEO insertion for the Briz-M with the dummy payload!

 

[SiberianTiger]

Also:

After demonstrating its GEO ascent mission taking exactly nine hours, the Briz-M will perform two disposal maneuvers - one about 11 hours and the next about 12.5 hours into the flight, targeting a graveyard orbit above the Geostationary Belt to avoid adding to the space debris problem. The payload simulator will remain attached to the Briz-M

 

[n122vu]

Or D&D with the random monster thing.

But heck yeah! Angara is long overdue, good to see it fly.

I was thinking Dragon Warrior.

Either way, congrats Russia for a successful launch!

 

[MaverickSawyer]

New desktop.

 

[Astro SG Wise]

So, were there Angaras 1-4 before? I am only familliar with Soyuz and Proton-K, but I saw [ame="http://orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=5965"]this add on[/ame].

 

[PhantomCruiser]

There was an Angara (core only, no boosters) launch earlier this year. And yeah that's a really cool add-on, couple it up with [ame="http://orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=6294"]PTK NP Spacecraft[/ame] and it's pretty awesome.

 

[orbitingpluto]

So, were there Angaras 1-4 before? I am only familliar with Soyuz and Proton-K, but I saw this add on.

The whole number refers to the number of cores, for example the Angara 5 has 4 cores around the central one, the Angara 3 has two cores around the central one, and the Angara 1 has it's center core ride alone. Even with the decimal numbers(Angara 1.1 and 1.2) it's still pretty simple.

 

[Astro SG Wise]

Nothing like the DeltaII and Delta IV, or the Saturn 1b and the Saturn V?