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Also known as Angara rocket family

family of space-launch vehicles

Key facts

Function
Launch vehicle
Manufacturer
Khrunichev · KBKhA
Country of origin
Russia
Cost per launch
A5 : US$100 million (2021)
Height
42.7–64 m (140–210 ft)
Width
A1.2: 2.9 m (9 ft 6 in) A5: 8.86 m (29.1 ft)
Mass
171,500–790,000 kg (378,100–1,741,700 lb)
Stages
2-3
Derivative work
A1.2pp A1.2 A5
Comparable
Naro-1 used a modified URM-1 first stage
Status
Active
Launch sites
Plesetsk , Site 35/1 , Vostochny , Site 1A
Total launches
13 ( A1.2pp: 1, A1.2: 7, A5: 5)
Success es
12 ( A1.2pp: 1, A1.2: 7, A5: 4)
Partial failure
1 ( A5: 1)
First flight
A1.2pp: 9 July 2014, A1.2: 29 April 2022, A5: 23 December 2014
Last flight
A1.2: 23 April 2026 (most recent) A5: 19 June 2025 (most recent)
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The Angara rocket family (Russian: Ангара) 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 (8,400 lb) and 24,500 kg (54,000 lb) into low Earth orbit and are intended, along with Soyuz-2 variants, to replace several existing launch vehicles.

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