Liftoff from Site 35/1 at Russia's primary military launch site took place at 5:57 UTC and Angara successfully executed its mission, according to Russian Military Officials, sending the Briz-M Upper Stage on a journey for nine hours remodeled to demonstrate a mission to Geostationary Orbit that will become the bread and butter of Angara A5, from there set to relieve Proton of its status of Russia's Heavy Launch Vehicle.
Liftoff from Site 35/1 at Russia's primary military launch site took place at 5:57 UTC and Angara successfully executed its mission, according to Russian Military Officials, sending the Briz-M Upper Stage on a journey of nine hours to demonstrate a mission to Geostationary Orbit which will become the bread and butter for Angara A5, set to relieve Proton of its status of Russia's Heavy Launch Vehicle.