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Angara A5/Briz-M

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Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center (KhSC)

Dec. 23, 2014

Description

Angara A5/Briz-M is an Angara A5 with an Briz-M upper stage previously used on the Proton launch vehicle.

Specifications

Stages
3
Length
55.4 m
Diameter
8.86 m
Fairing Diameter
5.0 m
Launch Mass
773.0 T
Thrust
9600.0 kN

Family

Name
Angara A5/Briz-M
Family
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Variant
A5/Briz-M
Alias
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Full Name
Angara A5/Briz-M

Payload Capacity

Launch Cost
$31000000
Low Earth Orbit
24500.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
5400.0 kg
Direct Geostationary
2800.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Capacity
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Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center

Government

Director: Andrey Vladimirovich Kalinovskiy

KhSC 1916

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center is a Moscow-based producer of spacecraft and space-launch systems, including the Proton and Rokot rockets and is currently developing the Angara rocket family. The Proton launch vehicle launches from Baikonur and Rokot launches from Baikonur and Plesetsk. Angara will launch from Plesetsk and Vostochny.

Previous Flights

flew on three previous launch(es).

Angara A5/Briz-M | Kosmos 2589 & 2590

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 19, 2025, 3:01 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Unidentified payload for the Russian military. Kosmos 2590 was separated from Kosmos 2589 after launch.

Supersynchronous Transfer Orbit

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Angara A5/Briz-M | Dummy payload

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 14, 2020, 5:50 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

This is the second test flight of the Angara-A5 launch vehicle. It carries mass simulator payload which is to be delivered to geostationary orbit.

Geostationary Orbit

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Angara A5/Briz-M | IPM

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 23, 2014, 5:57 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.

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