Russian Space Agency To Speed Up Development Of 'Hydrogen' Angara Launch Vehicle

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.