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Upper stage from failed Russian rocket to make uncontrolled re-entry
https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/01/whats-going-on-with-russias-new-heavy-lift-rocket/Upper stage from failed Russian rocket to make uncontrolled re-entry
The troubles with the long-in-development Angara A5 continue.
by Eric Berger - Jan 4, 2022 11:02am EST
The Russian space program has spent more than two decades developing the Angara family of rockets, and government officials have expressed high hopes for the Angara A5 heavy lift variant. It is hoped that the Angara A5 rocket can replace the venerable Proton booster, which is more than half a century old and in recent years has had reliability issues.
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Two days after the launch, even, the state-controlled Russian news service RT published an article with a headline stating that the Persei upper stage would significantly improve the performance of the Angara A5 vehicle. However, the article mentioned that Russian space chief Dmitry Rogozin was still waiting for the upper stage to relight.
"Dmitriy Rogozin congratulated the military on the successful launch of the new booster, noting that we are still waiting for the Persei upper stage to work," the article states. They're still waiting. The Persei upper stage, of course, was never going to relight, and Russian officials had to know this.
The proof is in the sky. This Persei stage, tracked as IPM 3/Persey, is now well below 200 km and will likely make an uncontrolled re-entry into Earth's atmosphere on Wednesday. Hopefully, it will do so over an ocean.
The troubles with the long-in-development Angara A5 continue.
by Eric Berger - Jan 4, 2022 11:02am EST
The Russian space program has spent more than two decades developing the Angara family of rockets, and government officials have expressed high hopes for the Angara A5 heavy lift variant. It is hoped that the Angara A5 rocket can replace the venerable Proton booster, which is more than half a century old and in recent years has had reliability issues.
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Two days after the launch, even, the state-controlled Russian news service RT published an article with a headline stating that the Persei upper stage would significantly improve the performance of the Angara A5 vehicle. However, the article mentioned that Russian space chief Dmitry Rogozin was still waiting for the upper stage to relight.
"Dmitriy Rogozin congratulated the military on the successful launch of the new booster, noting that we are still waiting for the Persei upper stage to work," the article states. They're still waiting. The Persei upper stage, of course, was never going to relight, and Russian officials had to know this.
The proof is in the sky. This Persei stage, tracked as IPM 3/Persey, is now well below 200 km and will likely make an uncontrolled re-entry into Earth's atmosphere on Wednesday. Hopefully, it will do so over an ocean.
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