Information about Angara Rocket
The Angara rocket is a planned space-launch vehicle, designed to place heavy payloads into orbit. It is currently under development at the Moscow-based Khrunichev State Space Scientific Production Center. The rocket will be primarily launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia, thereby reducing Russia's dependency on Kazakhstan for the use of their Baikonur Cosmodrome where the current generation of Russian rockets is launched from (but the heavy Angara A5 will be launched from both Plesetsk and Baikonur). The Angara will also end the need to purchase Zenit rockets from Ukraine.
The Angara will provide a similar lifting capability to the Proton rocket, the heavy lift workhorse of the Soviet Union and now Russia. The rockets are designed to be modular, similar to the US EELV, and the family will offer a range of configurations capable of lifting between 2,000 and 24,500 kilograms to LEO. In addition, the rocket core and booster stages will use liquid oxygen and RP-1 instead of hypergolic fuels, eliminating the need for Russia to clean up crash sites and at the same time apply current technologies that have been used on all Soviet/Russian launchers since the 1950s. Angara, like the current Soyuz rocket, can carry either a LOX/RP-1 upper stage or, like that of the U.S. Atlas V EELV, a cryogenic upper stage fueled by LOX and liquid hydrogen (LH2), similar to the U.S. Centaur upper stage.
The first launch of an Angara (probably the Angara 1.1 or 1.2 version) is expected to take place in 2010 or 2011 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome.[1][2]
Comparable rockets: Delta IV - Atlas V - Ariane 5 - Chang Zheng 5 - Proton - Falcon 9 - GSLV III
The Angara will provide a similar lifting capability to the Proton rocket, the heavy lift workhorse of the Soviet Union and now Russia. The rockets are designed to be modular, similar to the US EELV, and the family will offer a range of configurations capable of lifting between 2,000 and 24,500 kilograms to LEO. In addition, the rocket core and booster stages will use liquid oxygen and RP-1 instead of hypergolic fuels, eliminating the need for Russia to clean up crash sites and at the same time apply current technologies that have been used on all Soviet/Russian launchers since the 1950s. Angara, like the current Soyuz rocket, can carry either a LOX/RP-1 upper stage or, like that of the U.S. Atlas V EELV, a cryogenic upper stage fueled by LOX and liquid hydrogen (LH2), similar to the U.S. Centaur upper stage.
The first launch of an Angara (probably the Angara 1.1 or 1.2 version) is expected to take place in 2010 or 2011 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome.[1][2]
Angara specifications
| Version | Angara 1.1 | Angara 1.2 | Angara A3 | Angara A5 | Angara A5/KVRB |
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| First stage | 1xCRM, RD-191 | 1xCRM, RD-191 | 3xCRM, RD-191 | 5xCRM, RD-191 | 5xCRM, RD-191 |
| Second stage | Breeze-KM | Block I, RD-0124A | Block I, RD-0124A | Block I, RD-0124A | Block I, RD-0124A |
| Third stage (not used for LEO) | -- | –- | Breeze-M | Breeze-M | KVRB |
| Thrust (at ground) | 196 Mgf (1.92 MN) | 196 Mgf (1.92 MN) | 588 Mgf (5.77 MN) | 980 Mgf (9.61 MN) | 980 Mgf (9.61 MN) |
| Launch weight | 149 t | 171.5 t | 478 t | 773 t | 790 t |
| Height (maximal) | 34.9 m | 41.5 m | 45.8 m | 55.4 m | 64 m |
| Payload (LEO 200 km) | 2 t | 3.7 t | 14.6 t | 24.5 t | 24.5 t |
| Payload (GTO) | –- | –- | 2.4 t | 5.4 t | 6.6 t |
| Payload (GEO) | –- | –- | –- | 2.8 t | 4 t |
Comparable rockets: Delta IV - Atlas V - Ariane 5 - Chang Zheng 5 - Proton - Falcon 9 - GSLV III
References
External links
- Angara family page by the Khrunichev Center (in Russian)
- Angara page by ILS
- Angara page by ESA
- Energia family, including Angara launch vehicle, at Encyclopedia Astronautica
- Angara family at RussianSpaceWeb
- Baikal booster stage at RussianSpaceWeb
- Angara specifications
Soviet and Russian expendable launch vehicles | |
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| Active: | Cosmos-3M Dnepr Molniya Proton Rockot Shtil' Soyuz (U, 2) Start-1 Strela Tsyklon Volna Zenit |
| In development: | Angara Onega |
| Past: | Energia N1 Polyot R-7 Semyorka Voskhod Vostok |
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Москв? (Russian)
Location of Moscow in Europe
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Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center[1] (ГКНПЦ им. М. В. Хруничева in Russian) is a Moscow-based producer of space-launch systems.
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Plesetsk Cosmodrome is a Russian spaceport, located in Arkhangelsk Oblast, about 800 km north of Moscow and south of Arkhangelsk.
It was originally developed by the Soviet Union as a launch site for intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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It was originally developed by the Soviet Union as a launch site for intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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Anthem
Hymn of the Russian Federation
Capital
(and largest city) Moscow
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Hymn of the Russian Federation
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Anthem
My Kazakhstan
Capital Astana
Largest city Almaty
Official languages Kazakh (state language), Russian
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My Kazakhstan
Capital Astana
Largest city Almaty
Official languages Kazakh (state language), Russian
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Baikonur Cosmodrome (Kazakh: Байқоңыр ғарыш айлағы, Bayqoñır ğarış aylağı; Russian:
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Zenit
Zenit-2 rocket (Baikonur, 10 December 2001)
Fact sheet
Function Medium expendable Carrier rocket
Manufacturer Yuzhnoye Design Bureau
Country of origin Ukraine
Size
Height 57-59.
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Zenit-2 rocket (Baikonur, 10 December 2001)
Fact sheet
Function Medium expendable Carrier rocket
Manufacturer Yuzhnoye Design Bureau
Country of origin Ukraine
Size
Height 57-59.
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Anthem
Ще не вмерла України ні слава, ні воля
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Low Earth Orbit (LEO) is generally defined as an orbit within the locus extending from the Earth’s surface up to an altitude of 2,000 km. Given the rapid orbital decay of objects below approximately 200 km, the commonly accepted definition for LEO is between 200 - 2000 km
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Liquid oxygen (also LOx, LOX or Lox in the aerospace, submarine and gas industry) is the liquid form of oxygen. It has a pale blue color and is strongly paramagnetic. Liquid oxygen has a density of 1.141 g/cm³ (1.
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RP-1 (alternately, Rocket Propellant-1 or Refined Petroleum-1) is a highly refined form of kerosene outwardly similar to jet fuel, used in the United States as a rocket fuel.
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A hypergolic propellant is either of the two rocket propellants used in a hypergolic rocket engine, which spontaneously ignite when they come into contact. The two propellants are usually termed the "fuel" and the "oxidizer".
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Soyuz launch vehicle (Western designation: A-2) is an expendable launch system manufactured by TsSKB-Progress in Samara, Russia. It is used as the launcher for the manned Soyuz spacecraft as part of the Soyuz program.
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Atlas V
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Function EELV/Medium-heavy launch vehicle
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Launch of the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, 11:43:00 AM GMT August 12, 2005 on the first Atlas V rocket used by NASA. The rocket is in the 401 configuration.
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Liquid hydrogen is the liquid state of the element hydrogen. It is a common liquid rocket fuel for rocket applications. In the aerospace industry, its name is often abbreviated to LH2 or LH2.
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Centaur is a rocket stage designed for use as the upper stage of space launch vehicles. Centaur boosts its satellite payload to its final orbit or, in the case of an interplanetary space probe, to escape velocity.
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Low Earth Orbit (LEO) is generally defined as an orbit within the locus extending from the Earth’s surface up to an altitude of 2,000 km. Given the rapid orbital decay of objects below approximately 200 km, the commonly accepted definition for LEO is between 200 - 2000 km
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The unit kilogram-force (kgf, often just kg) or kilopond (kp) is defined as the force exerted by one kilogram of mass in standard Earth gravity.
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The newton (symbol: N) is the SI derived unit of force, named after Sir Isaac Newton in recognition of his work on classical mechanics.
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Low Earth Orbit (LEO) is generally defined as an orbit within the locus extending from the Earth’s surface up to an altitude of 2,000 km. Given the rapid orbital decay of objects below approximately 200 km, the commonly accepted definition for LEO is between 200 - 2000 km
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A geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) is a Hohmann transfer orbit around the Earth between a low Earth orbit (LEO) and a geostationary orbit (GEO). It is an ellipse where the perigee is a point on a LEO and the apogee has the same distance from the Earth as the GEO.
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A geostationary orbit (GEO) is a geosynchronous orbit directly above the Earth's equator (0° latitude), with orbital eccentricity of zero. From the ground, a geostationary object appears motionless in the sky and is therefore the orbit of most interest to operators
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Delta IV (Delta 9000)
Delta IV Medium launch carrying DSCS III-B6
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Function Orbital launch vehicle
Manufacturer Boeing IDS
United Launch Alliance
Country of origin United States
Size
Height 63 - 77.
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Delta IV Medium launch carrying DSCS III-B6
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United Launch Alliance
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Atlas V
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Ariane 5
Ariane 5 mock-up
Fact sheet
Function Heavy launch vehicle
Manufacturer EADS Astrium for
ESA and Arianespace
Country of origin Europe
Size
Height 59 m (193 ft)
Diameter 5.4 m (17.
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Ariane 5 mock-up
Fact sheet
Function Heavy launch vehicle
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ESA and Arianespace
Country of origin Europe
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Height 59 m (193 ft)
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Designed and developed by China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT), Long March 5 (LM-5, CZ-5, or Changzheng 5) is China's next generation space launch vehicle family, which would include a range of classes of launch vehicles for different missions.
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