https://spacewatch.global/tag/angara/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Mon, 03 Jun 2019 05:00:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/angara/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2019/06/yamal-601-satellite-successfully-reaches-orbit/ Mon, 03 Jun 2019 05:00:50 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=14432 On May 31st, a Proton M / Breeze M launch vehicle successfully injected the Yamal-601 telecommunication satellite into orbit for the Russian satellite operator Gazprom Space Systems.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/08/khrunichev-signed-contracts-for-12-angara-rockets/ Fri, 31 Aug 2018 15:00:07 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10181 The Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center has signed contracts for the production of 12 Angara-A5 heavy-lift launch vehicles.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/08/spacewatchgl-interviews-alexander-shaenko-of-the-mayak-cubesat-project/ Wed, 22 Aug 2018 12:07:16 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10050 Alexander Shaenko is a Moscow-based engineer and space enthusiast, the driving force behind the Mayak cubesat developed by space enthusiasts that was launched in 2017. He is currently working on a new space-related project. We talked to him about his past and present activities, his views on the current situation in the Russian space sector, ways to engage young people in space projects and much more.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/08/angara-a5m-rocket-to-be-launched-for-the-first-time-in-2025/ Mon, 20 Aug 2018 15:14:34 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10016 According to Alexander Medvedev, deputy general director of the TsNIIMash rocket and spacecraft scientific center, the inaugural launch of the Angara-A5M rocket from the Vostochny Cosmodrome is planned for 2025.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/08/angara-rocket-may-become-reusable/ Fri, 17 Aug 2018 04:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=9967 According to Alexander Medvedev, the chief designer of launch vehicles, deputy general director of the TsNIIMash rocket and spacecraft scientific center, and one of the ideologists of the Angara rocket, the Angara-A5B heavy-lift launch vehicle can be modified to be reusable, with landings performed using landing legs similar to those of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket’s reusable first stage.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/08/spacewatchgl-interviews-cosmonaut-oleg-kotov-about-lunar-orbital-platform-gateway-part-ii/ Wed, 08 Aug 2018 04:00:28 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=9825 Lunar Orbital Platform – Gateway (LOP-G) is a future international lunar orbiting outpost, planned to be built in the 2020s. We talked about the development of the project, its tasks and goals as well as about Russia’s participation with Oleg Valerievich Kotov, pilot-cosmonaut of the Russian Federation, recipient of the Hero of the Russian Federation medal, veteran of three space missions, currently Deputy Director for Science at the Institute of Biomedical Problems (IMBP) of the Russian Academy of Sciences. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/08/reusable-rocket-concept-developed-by-khrunichev-space-center/ Mon, 06 Aug 2018 04:00:15 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=9786 The Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center has completed the proposal for a new reusable rocket development and has sent the documents for project assessment to the Central Research Institute of Machine Building (TsNIIMash), a leading scientific institution with Roscosmos.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/08/spacewatchgl-interviews-cosmonaut-oleg-kotov-about-lunar-orbital-platform-gateway-part-i/ Fri, 03 Aug 2018 04:00:01 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=9749 We talked about the development of the project, its tasks and goals as well as about Russia’s participation with Oleg Valerievich Kotov, pilot-cosmonaut of the Russian Federation, recipient of the Hero of the Russian Federation medal, veteran of three space missions, currently Deputy Director for Science at the Institute of Biomedical Problems (IMBP) of the Russian Academy of Sciences.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/07/proton-rocket-still-some-future-ahead/ Mon, 23 Jul 2018 11:00:37 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=9556 Mikhail Kotov, Russian journalist and space industry expert, talks about Proton and its future in light of the recent announcements about the end of the most popular Russian rocket. ]]>