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An enhanced variant, the Phase III Proton-M/Briz-M launch vehicle, was flight proven on the Russian Federal dual mission of Express AM-44 and Express MD-1 in February 2009 and performed its first commercial launch in March 2010 with the Echostar XIV satellite.
[14] [13] It is aimed to deliver a payload to low Earth orbit of 10.5 t (23,000 lb), [8] but could loft 12.5 t (28,000 lb) if the first stage is expended and not reused, as all traditional launch vehicles of the early space age were. [14] Amur is planned to launch from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Russian Far East. [18]
Sounding rockets of Russia (2 P) Pages in category "Space launch vehicles of Russia" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total.
The Proton-M, (Протон-М) GRAU index 8K82M or 8K82KM, is an expendable Russian heavy-lift launch vehicle derived from the Soviet-developed Proton.It is built by Khrunichev, and launched from sites 81/24 and 200/39 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Angara A5 (Russian: Ангара-А5), is a Russian expendable heavy lift launch vehicle which consists of one URM-1 core and four URM-1 boosters, a 3.6-metre (12 ft) URM-2 second stage, and an upper stage, either the Briz-M, Blok DM-03 or the KVTK. [2]
Russia began the Angara project a few years after the 1991 break-up of the Soviet Union as a Russian-made launch vehicle that would ensure access to space even without the Baikonur Cosmodrome ...
launch V. Polyakov landing: Visited Mir (20). Returned cosmonaut from Soyuz TM-18. 74: Soyuz TM-21: 14 March 1995: 181 d 0 h 41 m 6 s: 11 September 1995: V. Dezhurov launch A. Solovyev landing: G. Strekalov launch N. Budarin landing: N. Thagard launch: Visited Mir (21). First launch of American astronaut. Crew was returned by STS-71; returned ...
Newly-released footage appeared to show Russia's launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) hitting Ukraine. Video posted on Telegram, and verified by the Associated Press, showed ...