The Angara-A5 rocket for the first launch from Vostochny will be delivered to the cosmodrome in SeptemberMoscow. April 10th. INTERFAX.RU - Roskosmos is completing the production of the Angara-A5 heavy-class launch vehicle for the first launch from Vostochny, its delivery to the cosmodrome is expected in September this year, Andrey Elchaninov, the first deputy head of Roskosmos, said in an interview with Interfax ."The manufacture of the Angara-A5 rocket, intended for flight tests, is nearing completion. The expected delivery date for the Angara-A5 to the Vostochny Cosmodrome is September 2023," Yelchaninov said.Also, according to him, in May 2023, it is planned to supply a full-size electric refueling mock-up of the Angara heavy rocket to the cosmodrome for comprehensive testing of units and systems of the technical and launch complexes.“All this makes it possible to ensure readiness for the start of flight tests of the heavy-class space rocket complex in 2023,” said the first deputy head of Roscosmos.Earlier it was reported that the first launch of the Angara launch vehicle as part of flight tests from the Vostochny cosmodrome is scheduled for December 2023.On January 19, the head of Roskosmos, Yuri Borisov, at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, said that work on creating a launch complex for Angara launch vehicles at the Vostochny cosmodrome would be completed in 2023.
On the territory of the Vostochny cosmodrome, construction work continues on objects of the second stage. At the moment, the active construction of the Airport complex is underway. The runway has already been completed, its length is more than 3 km. In the future, it is planned to complete another 1 km, which will allow to receive all types of aircraft. The construction of a new missile system for launch vehicles of the Angara family is underway. The cable-filling tower, 66 meters high, has already been assembled, and process equipment is currently being installed. Reinforcement and concrete laying at the “0” mark is also now being carried out.At the same time, work is underway to build a command post, a gas outlet, underground networks and communications, and improve the premises of an administrative building, a checkpoint and other facilities. Construction and installation works of the launch complex of the Angara spacecraft and the airport complex are being carried out on schedule.
At the launch complex under the "Angara" of the Vostochny cosmodrome, liquid nitrogen was drained. Specialists of the Angara launch complex and the Soyuz launch complex of the branch of JSC TsENKI - CC Vostochny drained liquid nitrogen from tank cars into the liquid nitrogen storage. The drain was carried out in order to complete the commissioning work on the system for storing and dispensing compressed gases. 10 specialists from two launch complexes "Soyuz" and "Angara" were involved in the discharge of nitrogen: the head of the calculation, one operator for each tank, two more at the storage near the control cabinets, where readings of pressure, mass and level of nitrogen in the storage tank are recorded.
News from the East!At the cosmodrome, the construction of the launch complex for the Angara launch vehicles is being completed, and in parallel, the preparation of the standard Angara-A5 rocket is being tested in the assembly and test building, for which a full-size copy of the heavy launch vehicle is used.🎥 Details - in the story of "Roscosmos Media"
Roskosmos is creating a control center on Sakhalin to increase the potential of Vostochny!The new object of the Russian Space Systems with antenna systems for various purposes will be part of the ground infrastructure of the Vostochny. "Sakhalin" is necessary for receiving, recording and transmitting telemetry information from launch vehicles (missiles and upper stages), as well as for controlling spacecraft.In 2012-2016, the companies of the RKS holding created and put into operation a complex of measuring instruments, collecting and processing information, which is located at the Vostochny cosmodrome itself. In the same years, as part of the complex in the city of Tsiolkovsky, the Vostochny command and measurement station was built - one of the most modern and most high-tech command and measurement stations of the ground-based automated spacecraft control complex in Russia.
The first aircraft landed on the runway of the Vostochny Airport complex under construction.The helicopter, on which the reconnaissance commission flew over the territories to determine the landing sites for the first stage of the Amur rocket, made a successful landing without remarks.The Vostochny Cosmodrome Airport is a facility of the second stage of construction, which will make it possible to receive components of launch vehicles, spacecraft, upper stages and other important cargo for the needs of the cosmodrome. According to the schedule, the airport will be put into operation next year.
Departure of the first flight "Angara" for the Vostochny Cosmodrome was scheduled for autumnMOSCOW, 31 July. /TASS/. The production of the first Angara-A5 flight launch vehicle, intended for the Vostochny Cosmodrome, is still ongoing, the shipment is scheduled for autumn. This was reported to TASS by the Director General of the Center. M. V. Khrunichev Alexey Varochko."Manufacturing of the first Angara-A5 flight rocket for the Vostochny cosmodrome continues according to the schedule. <...> Sending the flight product to the cosmodrome to prepare for launch is scheduled for this fall," Varochko said.According to the director general of the enterprise, the docking and testing of rocket blocks of the rocket are being carried out at the production site of the Polyot Production Association in Omsk.In April, Varochko said in an interview with TASS that the first flight Angara-A5 for the Vostochny cosmodrome would be delivered to the cosmodrome in 2023.Angara is a family of Russian launch vehicles from light to heavy classes. The new family uses environmentally friendly fuel components. For the first time, the rocket of the Angara family was launched on July 9, 2014 from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in a light version. On December 23, 2014, the heavy Angara-A5 set off for the first test flight from Plesetsk.
[Album]🔴 Vostochny Cosmodrome Airport received the first aircraftThe Tu-134 aircraft landed at Vostochny Airport to check the technical readiness of its runway.The aircraft was piloted by an experienced crew of the CTC (https://t.me/GagarinCosmonautTrainingCenter) led by the commander of the joint aviation squad Vadim Yunders.At the same time, the crew worked out one of the exercises to prepare for the approach and perform a landing at the airfield with limited use of radio-technical means of landing.After a short stop and preparing for a re-flight, the plane went to the airport in Blagoveshchensk.
https://tass.ru/kosmos/18408539QuoteDeparture of the first flight "Angara" for the Vostochny Cosmodrome was scheduled for autumnMOSCOW, 31 July. /TASS/. The production of the first Angara-A5 flight launch vehicle, intended for the Vostochny Cosmodrome, is still ongoing, the shipment is scheduled for autumn. This was reported to TASS by the Director General of the Center. M. V. Khrunichev Alexey Varochko."Manufacturing of the first Angara-A5 flight rocket for the Vostochny cosmodrome continues according to the schedule. <...> Sending the flight product to the cosmodrome to prepare for launch is scheduled for this fall," Varochko said.According to the director general of the enterprise, the docking and testing of rocket blocks of the rocket are being carried out at the production site of the Polyot Production Association in Omsk.In April, Varochko said in an interview with TASS that the first flight Angara-A5 for the Vostochny cosmodrome would be delivered to the cosmodrome in 2023.Angara is a family of Russian launch vehicles from light to heavy classes. The new family uses environmentally friendly fuel components. For the first time, the rocket of the Angara family was launched on July 9, 2014 from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in a light version. On December 23, 2014, the heavy Angara-A5 set off for the first test flight from Plesetsk.
Apparently the service elevator for the Angara launch pad to enable it to support manned launches has been delivered.
Storage racks for Angara components tested at VostochnyAutonomous testing of equipment kits for storing components of the Angara launch vehicle has been completed at the Vostochny Cosmodrome, the Roscosmos press service reports. The assembled rack is in the block warehouse, which is designed to receive, unpack and store components of launch vehicles, as well as other auxiliary equipment. Roscosmos notes that the rack for storing launch vehicle blocks is a know-how at the Vostochny Cosmodrome; no other cosmodrome has anything like it. The structure is a three-tier collapsible structure with cradle-type supports.Previously, similar racks were assembled to store components of the Soyuz launch vehicles. This engineering solution allows for the simultaneous storage of several sets of components not only for the Soyuz, but now also for the Angara.
The third stage of testing of the technical complex of the Angara rocket has begunThe third stage of integrated testing of the unified technical complex of the Angara launch vehicle has begun at the Vostochny Cosmodrome. Specialists have begun disassembling the package of the Angara-NZh electric refueling mockup. It has been placed on a revolving stand for the step-by-step undocking of the side blocks. Also, as part of the third stage, the blocks of the mockup will be transported to the warehouse.The transfer of the Angara-NZh components to the storage kit will be carried out during the fourth stage of the comprehensive tests. Earlier, we wrote that the Vostochny tested racks for storing the Angara components, which allow for the simultaneous storage of several disassembled sets of rockets.
The technical complex for Angara rockets at Vostochny should be completed by the end of 2026Moscow. May 23. INTERFAX.RU - Construction of a technical complex for Angara family launch vehicles at the Vostochny Cosmodrome is planned to be completed by the end of 2026, Roscosmos reported."The technical complex under construction is designed to conduct comprehensive tests of automatic spacecraft and booster units; assembly and comprehensive tests of the space head section will also be carried out there. The construction of the facility is planned to be completed at the end of 2026," the state corporation said in a statement.During his visit to Vostochny, Roscosmos head Dmitry Bakanov inspected the construction of airport facilities, as well as the launch and technical complexes of the Angara rockets, which are being modernized for the launches of the Angara-A5M. Bakanov also inspected the progress of the construction of residential buildings for the cosmodrome employees in the Zvezdny microdistrict of the city of Tsiolkovsky (Amur Region), where housing for 7,000 people is being built.The CEO of the state corporation took part in a meeting of the working group on ensuring legal requirements during the construction of the cosmodrome."The meeting was chaired by the head of the Office of the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation for Supervision of Law Enforcement in the Defense Industrial Complex, Andrei Gurishev," the state corporation said.Bakanov also discussed with local authorities measures to prevent landscape fires that could threaten the cosmodrome’s facilities.The Angara is planned to be used to launch modules for the Russian orbital station from the Vostochny Cosmodrome. The first module is scheduled to be sent into orbit in 2027.
Any info if they already start building the ramp for Amur rocket in Vostochny? or any plan?
