Posted on 08/19/2014 8:39:24 PM PDT by wetphoenix
Russia's recent maiden launch of its new Angara rocket is a harbinger of bigger boosters to come. The successful test flight also marked the country's first new launch vehicle to be built from scratch since the fall of the Soviet Union.
The July 9 suborbital flight of the light-lift Angara 1.2ML rocket lifted off from Russia's Plesetsk Cosmodrome in the country's northern Arkhangelsk region. (The "ML" stands for "maiden launch.")
The test flight, which lasted roughly 21 minutes and was not intended to reach orbit, launched the Angara rocket over Russian territory on a ballistic trajectory. A "mass/dimensional payload simulator" topped the Angara, attached to the rocket's second stage. [Russia's New Angara Rocket in Photos]
That booster ultimately fell back to Earth over a targeted impact area of the Kura Range on the Kamchatka Peninsula over 3,500 miles (5,700 kilometers) from the launch site.
Russian rocket's modular buildup
Russia's Angara rockets are being developed by the Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center in Moscow. The two-stage Angara-1.2ML runs on "ecologically clean components," oxygen and kerosene, according to Khrunichev representatives.
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rockets and vodka and overlong novels written in dead of winter by depressives.
Perhaps the author should take note of the “reliability” of established Russian launch vehicles.
Nothing is a powerful as those F-1’s. Those were the days when America did bold things.
~Perhaps the author should take note of the “reliability” of established Russian launch vehicles.~
Do you have any numbers on are they statistically safe or unsafe, comparing to non-Russian boosters?
The most amazing thing about these rockets is that they run entirely on vodka and beat their wives after a long day of non-work.
You can’t push science and class warfare in one given country at the same time. It is all about priorities.
Do you think we will EVER see those days again?
And I will likely get hit BAD for saying this...but those ALSO were the days when those “evil, greedy, racist, sexist, bigoted white MEN” were in charge too...
Look at things then....and look at things NOW—when fewer and fewer white men have ANY power...
This country REALLY began to go South, during and after Vietnam and Watergate..
Hah, you just NAILED the entire Russian experience for all time. Short, pithy, descriptive and hit the nail on the head!
The only rockets we make are shipped to ISIS
“And I will likely get hit BAD for saying this.....”
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No you won’t.....because you’re right!
the optimal question is how much payload can it put into orbit?
No, we have the technology.... we’re just lazy
Russia’s recent maiden launch of its new Viagra rocket is a harbinger of bigger boosters to come. The successful test flight also marked the country’s first new launch vehicle to be built from scratch since the fall of the Soviet Union. The July 9 suborbital flight of the light-lift Viagra 1.2ML rocket lifted off from Russia’s Plesetsk Cosmodrome in the country’s northern Arkhangelsk region. (The “ML” stands for “maiden launch.”) The test flight, which lasted roughly 21 minutes and was not intended to reach orbit, launched the viagra rocket over Russian territory on a ballistic trajectory. A “mass/dimensional payload simulator”...
“mass/dimensional payload stimulator”...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydsq4cBQTVE
Blast off video: Russian ‘Angara’ orbit rocket test launch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjiuFrylwCc
Angara rocket assembly
1,5 (1.1 model) to 35 (A7 model) metric tons.
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