New beautiful big "Angara"

There were photos and videos of work on the preparation for the first launch of the heavy version of the Angara launch vehicle. Our new heavy rocket looks interesting and unusual - before that, the “flying fences” of the Delta IV Heavy from three blocks were assembled from universal modules, and now there are five of them.

The first week ago came a report from the installation and test complex:


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On Monday, photos of the launch vehicle launch to the launch complex appeared. This is the first test export for electrical tests of the rocket and for testing the equipment of the launch complex:





Booster rocket installed on the launch complex. Here the quality of photos has fallen:





Videos also appeared:



There is also a video of the channel "Star" , but there quality, alas, is worse.

According to some sources, the launch is scheduled for December 25th.

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