Russian Space Agency to Speed Up Development of 'Hydrogen' Angara Launch Vehicle

The Russian space agency Roscosmos plans to speed up development of Angara-A5V launch vehicle of heightened capacity whose engine uses hydrogen, the state corporation said Tuesday

MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 14th July, 2020) The Russian space agency Roscosmos plans to speed up development of Angara-A5V launch vehicle of heightened capacity whose engine uses hydrogen, the state corporation said Tuesday.

"After a meeting in Voronezh, [Roscosmos chief] Dmitry Rogozin set designer bureau Khimavtomatika a goal to speed up the work on new-generation engines using hydrogen and methane.

The goal is to develop a super heavy launch vehicle Angara-A5V no later than 2025," the corporation said on Twitter.

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