Angara rocket family

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The Angara rocket family is a series of Russian modular launch vehicles designed to provide flexible, domestically produced access to space for a range of payloads and orbits.

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Surface form Occurrences
Angara launch vehicle family 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf family of launch vehicles
compatibleUpperStage Briz-M
KVTK
configurationType modular launch vehicle
countryOfOrigin Russia NERFINISHED
designer Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center NERFINISHED
developedBy Russian Federation NERFINISHED
developmentStart 1990s
engineManufacturer NPO Energomash
environmentalGoal reduced toxic propellants compared to Proton
familyMember Angara-1.2 NERFINISHED
Angara-A3 NERFINISHED
Angara-A5 NERFINISHED
Angara-A5M NERFINISHED
Angara-A5P NERFINISHED
Angara-A7 NERFINISHED
firstLaunchDate 2014-07-09
firstLaunchVehicle Angara-1.2PP NERFINISHED
fuelType RP-1 kerosene
governmentProgram Russian Federal Space Program
intendedToReplace Proton rocket
surface form: Proton-M

Rokot NERFINISHED
Zenit
launchConfiguration multi-core configuration
single-core configuration
launchSite Plesetsk Cosmodrome NERFINISHED
launchVehicleClass heavy-lift launch vehicle
light-lift launch vehicle
medium-lift launch vehicle
super-heavy-lift launch vehicle concept
manufacturer Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
namedAfter Angara River NERFINISHED
notableEngine RD-191
operator Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos NERFINISHED
orbitCapability geostationary transfer orbit
highly elliptical orbit
low Earth orbit
sun-synchronous orbit
oxidizer liquid oxygen
plannedLaunchSite Vostochny Cosmodrome NERFINISHED
propulsionType liquid-fueled launch vehicle
purpose orbital launch of payloads
replacement for Proton rocket
status in development
operational
usesModule Universal Rocket Module URM-1
Universal Rocket Module URM-2 NERFINISHED
usesStage URM-1 first stage
URM-2 upper stage

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Proton rocket successorConsidered Angara rocket family
RP-1 usedIn Angara rocket family
this entity surface form: Angara launch vehicle family
Roscosmos usesLaunchVehicle Angara rocket family