Vostochny Angara Test Flight

First launch of Russia's heavy-lift Angara A5 from the Vostochny Cosmodrome, following two scrubbed attempts; the flight test used an Orion (Blok DM-03) upper stage to carry a mass-simulator payload to geostationary orbit.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

Direct-GEO

Geostationary orbit

Payload to orbit

2.4 T (est.)

Flight

2nd

of 2 Angara A5/Blok DM-03 flights

Date and time

11 April 2024, 09:00 UTC

Rocket

Angara A5/Blok DM-03

Builder

Khrunichev

Launch site

Cosmodrome Site 1A, Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation

Payload

Test Flight

International designator

2024-069

Launches in 2024

71st of 263

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