ANGARA ON ITS WAY TO FIRST LAUNCH TEST
Russian space agency have officially announced that the
maiden launch of ANGARA rocket is 25 july and 26 july as backup. ANGARA is family of rocket indigenously developed by
the Russian agency . They have been in developed phase since 1995.
Features:
Its main feature is its versatile models. It is light, semi-heavy and
heavy versions to lift a variety of payloads between 2 and 40 metric tons into
low earth orbit.
It has
two stage powered rocket propulsion engine. First stage consists of a liquid
oxygen and kerosene powered engine. Second stage uses hydrogen and oxygen so-called "green" fuels that will make
the rocket both more ecologically friendly and safer for support personnel than
the country's current largest rocket, the Proton.
Its importance:
ANGARA
will provide aid to the only rocket PROTON capable of carrying astronauts to
the INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION(ISS).
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