Russia succeeds in launching a new heavy-weight rocket into space

Russia succeeds in launching a new heavy-weight rocket into space

 On Thursday, Moscow succeeded in conducting a test launch of a new heavy missile from its space complex in the Far East, in an operation that comes after two failed attempts earlier this week.

The first launch attempt of the Angara-A5 rocket from the Vostochny Spaceport, on Tuesday, was canceled about two minutes before the scheduled launch time due to a malfunction in the pressure system in the oxidizer tank - a unit that stores the oxygen needed for the engines to operate in the vacuum of space - of the central mass. For the missile.

Yuri Borisov, head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, said that the second attempt on Wednesday also failed after the automatic safety system recorded a defect in the engine control mechanism. He added that the problem is likely due to a programming error.

Thursday's launch was the fourth of the "Angara-A5" missile, which is a heavy-weight version of the new Angara missile group that was developed to replace the Soviet-designed Proton missiles.

The previous three launches were carried out from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northwestern Russia. After the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russia leased the Baikonur Cosmodrome from Kazakhstan and continues to use it for most of its space launches.