Page 97 - Plesetsk News Today

According to Rogozin, now it is necessary to wait for the performance of the Persei booster, which was developed by the Energia Rocket and Space Corporation and launched by the Angara carrier rocket for the firt time

After the successful launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, we have a quiet week ahead. It'll be interesting though because Russia is planning the third test flight of its Angara A5 rocket.

According to the source, the carrier rocket is in working condition

The Kosmos-2519 satellite was launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome on June 23, 2017

Earlier, two rocket and space industry sources told TASS that the launch of the heavy Angara rocket was moved to a reserve date of December 24

The delay was confirmed

According to earlier plans, a test-launch program of the Sarmat ICBM was re-adjusted

Just 25 ICBM launches were held in the past five years

Russia conducted its first kinetic satellite interception on November 15, 2021. A ground-based (presumably silo-based) missile was launched from the Plesetsk launch site and targeted the dead Soviet military satellite Kosmos-1408 at an altitude of about 480 kilometers—considered low Earth orbit (LEO). The Russian Ministry of Defense justified this action as a countermeasure to the United States’ efforts to maintain …

The capacities have been booked for the launch targeted for the second-third quarters of 2022