It was posted here http://kosmosnews.fr/2020/10/25/le-second-etage-du-lanceur-angara-1-2-teste-a-peresvet/on October 25.
Energomash confirms RD-191 engine units and assemblies efficiencyDecember 01, 2020, 06:53 GMTNPO Energomash (part of Roscosmos) has completed qualification tests of the RD-191 development engine for the Angara carrier rocket. The tests confirmed the operability of components and assemblies produced by the Proton-PM company. To do so, six test fires were carried out at the firing stand.A turbo pump unit, a booster pump unit (oxidizer and fuel), a pipeline with an ejector, an oxidizer filter and valve and other nomenclature assigned to the Perm enterprise in the scheme of cooperation on the creation of the Angara engine successfully operated as part of the development engine.Igor Arbuzov, NPO Energomash Director General: ‘NPO Energomash, as the head enterprise of the integrated structure and the developer of RD-191, prepares all technical solutions and regulations to manufacture this engine. A series of successful tests of the development engine proved its efficiency, taking into account the fact that during the RD-191 engine development, a number of design changes were introduced improving its characteristics: increased reliability of the product and reduced cost. The next important stage for us will be the improved RD-191 serial production launch at Proton-PM.’In the course of development work on the RD-191 engine, Proton-PM mastered a number of new technologies, including titanium casting, metal-ceramic coatings, oxygen treatment, and others.Dmitry Shchenyatsky, Proton-PM Director: ‘The conducted tests are the starting point for serial production of the main range of RD-191 at our enterprise, including the turbo pump unit, which takes about 30% of the labor intensity of the entire engine. Compliance of RD-191 assemblies and assemblies with the requirements of the design documentation was confirmed by the results of flaw detection, completed at Proton-PM in November.’The decision to transfer the production of RD-191 to the Perm site was taken in 2015 due to an increase in engine supplies. Currently, a cooperation of integrated structure enterprises has been created, where NPO Energomash prepares all technical solutions and provisions for the RD-191 engine for all the cooperation enterprises, as well as conducts fire tests of the engine. The creation of the main element - the turbopump unit - and the assembly of the entire engine will be carried out by Proton-PM. The production of the RD-191 combustion chamber will be organized at the Voronezh Rocket Engine Center.
For the first time on television! Full chronicle of preparations for the space launch and exclusive footage of the interior of the newest space rocket. The protagonist of this issue of Military Acceptance is Angara-A5, the most powerful launch vehicle in the history of the Soviet and Russian space programme. The programme team started to follow the preparations for the launch of this rocket a few months before its launch. We accompanied it in the assembly shops, on the railway and, of course, visited the launch point at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in the Arkhangelsk region. The new stage of the Russian space programme has never before been covered on television in such detail and so much detail.
Will there ever be an Angara 7 rocket? 6 side cores around the central core?
The background graphic at NPO Energomash, is that supposed to be an Angara A7?
https://tass.ru/kosmos/10850401Google translate:QuoteMOSCOW, March 6. / TASS /. <snip> This was announced on Saturday to TASS by the general director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin."2021 - ...launch of 2 LV (carrier rockets) Angara...<snip>In 2023, according to Rogozin, flight tests of the Angara will start from the launch pad at the Vostochny cosmodrome, the Soyuz-5 carrier rocket, the new manned spacecraft Orel, and it is also planned to put into operation the serial production of Angara missiles in Omsk. ...<snip>
MOSCOW, March 6. / TASS /. <snip> This was announced on Saturday to TASS by the general director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin."2021 - ...launch of 2 LV (carrier rockets) Angara...<snip>In 2023, according to Rogozin, flight tests of the Angara will start from the launch pad at the Vostochny cosmodrome, the Soyuz-5 carrier rocket, the new manned spacecraft Orel, and it is also planned to put into operation the serial production of Angara missiles in Omsk. ...<snip>
Roscosmos has targeted the Angara A5/Persey launch for the second half of this year.
Articles also mentions Angara-A5M with increased thrust in the first and second stages. Payload to LEO from Vostochny increases from 24 to 27 t. Angara-A5P is derived from Angara-A5M with the engines operating with reduced thrust and with an emergency detection system. Proton-M is ₽2.5B ($34M) and Angara-A5 is ₽3.8B ($51M).
A February 2021 report from Roscosmos says that the first orbital launch of the Angara 1.2 is scheduled for the second half of this year. Has Roscosmos set a date for the planned maiden launch of the Angara 1.2?
https://www.iss-reshetnev.ru/media/newspaper/newspaper-2021/newspaper-523.pdfGoogle translate:QuoteOn the instructions of Roskosmos, the Reshetnevites prepared materials that provide for the possibility of launching new relay satellites from the Vostochny cosmodrome into geostationary orbit by the Angara-A5 launch vehicle and the Perseus upper stage. (The three previous satellites of the Luch system were successfully launched by the Proton-M launch vehicle and the Briz-M upper stage from the Baikonur cosmodrome).The launch prospects and related technical issues became the topic of discussion between the Reshetnevskaya firm, the state customer and the enterprises responsible for the creation of launch vehicles and ground infrastructure. Based on the results of the meeting of the Scientific and Technical Council, the materials of the preliminary design of the experimental design work "Luch-5M" were approved. The first satellite, Luch-5VM, is planned to be launched into orbit in 2024.
On the instructions of Roskosmos, the Reshetnevites prepared materials that provide for the possibility of launching new relay satellites from the Vostochny cosmodrome into geostationary orbit by the Angara-A5 launch vehicle and the Perseus upper stage. (The three previous satellites of the Luch system were successfully launched by the Proton-M launch vehicle and the Briz-M upper stage from the Baikonur cosmodrome).The launch prospects and related technical issues became the topic of discussion between the Reshetnevskaya firm, the state customer and the enterprises responsible for the creation of launch vehicles and ground infrastructure. Based on the results of the meeting of the Scientific and Technical Council, the materials of the preliminary design of the experimental design work "Luch-5M" were approved. The first satellite, Luch-5VM, is planned to be launched into orbit in 2024.
PARK PATRIOT (Moscow region), 25 Aug - RIA Novosti. The first oxygen-hydrogen upper stage of KBTK, which will significantly increase the carrying capacity of the Angara launch vehicle , is planned to be launched in 2027, Sergey Kuznetsov, general designer of the Salyut design bureau (part of the Khrunichev Center), told RIA Novosti."At present, Roskosmos has begun to actively fund the KVTK theme. The work has been fully launched. We have defended the draft design and are now at the stage of issuing design documentation and manufacturing stand products," he said at the Army-2021 International Military-Technical Forum.“We hope to complete this work on time and launch the first aircraft in 2027, most likely on the Angara-A5M launch vehicle,” Kuznetsov added.In December 2020, Roscosmos signed a contract with the Khrunichev Center in the amount of 20.6 billion rubles for the creation of an oxygen-hydrogen upper stage at KBTK. In the course of the work, which is planned to be completed by December 2025, it is planned to make models and prototypes, as well as conduct their tests.KVTK is planned to be used on heavy missiles "Angara-A5", "Angara-A5M" and "Angara-A5V". Thanks to him, "Angara-A5M", when launched from the Vostochny cosmodrome, will be able to put a payload weighing 5 tons into a geostationary orbit (a circular orbit with an altitude of about 36 thousand kilometers), and Angara-A5V - 7.5 tons. This will be several tons more than using existing booster units.Angara is a family of environmentally friendly launch vehicles of various classes. It includes light carriers "Angara-1.2", heavy ones - "Angara-A5" and modernized "Angara-A5M", increased carrying capacity - "Angara-A5V".
Quote from: Vahe231991 on 07/19/2021 12:25 amA February 2021 report from Roscosmos says that the first orbital launch of the Angara 1.2 is scheduled for the second half of this year. Has Roscosmos set a date for the planned maiden launch of the Angara 1.2?To my knowledge, no. I have seen no more recent references than February 2021, here in the "Plan of Russian space launches (part 2)" thread.
According to NK forum, the maiden flight of Angara-1.2 is scheduled for NET 20th December and the payload will be a satellite called MKA-R.
