Russia aborts planned test launch of new space rocket
Time:2024-05-21 11:18:37 Source:travelViews(143)
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian space officials on Tuesday aborted the test launch of a new heavy-lift rocket from its far-eastern launch pad.
The Angara-A5 rocket was scheduled to lift off from the Vostochny space launch facility at 0900 GMT Tuesday, but the launch was aborted two minutes before.
Yuri Borisov, head of Roscosmos state space corporation, said the automatic safety system canceled the launch after registering a flaw in the oxidizer tank pressurization system.
He said the next launch attempt was set for Wednesday.
Tuesday’s launch was to be the fourth for the Angara-A5, a heavy-lift version of the new Angara family of rockets that has been developed to replace the Soviet-designed Proton rockets.
The previous three launches were carried out from the Plesetsk launchpad in northwestern Russia.
After the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union, Russia leased the Baikonur Cosmodrome from Kazakhstan and continued to use it for most of its space launches. The agreement with Kazakhstan allows Russia to keep leasing Baikonur for $115 million a year through 2050.
Previous:Strictly star Giovanni Pernice's former partner Rose Ayling
Next:Children are evacuated from school 'during an exam' after threat made via email
You may also like
- Cruise worker 'murders newborn son on board ship': Shocked co
- Venezuelan beauty queen Wilevis Brito, 24, dies following surgery on jaw and lip
- Neymar jokes about his contribution to Al
- Diego Simeone is involved in feisty touchline bust
- Biden says Brown v. Board of Education ruling was about more than education
- Cleanup of homeless encampment along Santa Ana River hits a snag in Newport Beach
- Dua Lipa flaunts her incredible figure in a thong bodysuit as she shares behind
- Venezuelan beauty queen Wilevis Brito, 24, dies following surgery on jaw and lip
- Pentagon vows to keep weapons moving to Ukraine as Kyiv faces a renewed assault by Russia