While the "Angara" stands on the ground, SpaceX is preparing another revolution

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Roscosmos reported on the implementation of the Angara launch vehicle program. In total, 110 billion rubles were invested in this project, solutions for light and heavy class rockets were developed, all the necessary infrastructure for launching existing launch vehicles was created.





"Angara" is designed to use environmentally friendly fuels, heptyl should be abandoned as such by 2020. Russia relies on missiles of this family when creating an orbiting satellite constellation.

The creation of a heavy-class launch vehicle with the A5 index cost Roskosmos 3,4 billion rubles. However, the state corporation recognizes that there are still problems with bringing it to the characteristics established by the technical specifications in terms of carrying capacity. Therefore, there is still a lot of work ahead.

Meanwhile, a competitor from the American SpaceX corporation noted another loud statement:

It will sound crazy, but SpaceX will try to return the upper stage from orbital speed using a giant ball for parties


technical the implementation of such a plan raises many questions, but billionaire Elon Musk in his corporate identity continues to shock the public.