Photo: Rocket and Space Corporation Energia / Roscosmos
Altair installation and engineering agency included in Ruselectronics holding has successfully completed the setup of essential life-support and operation systems of the launch facilityf or the Angara-A5 heavy-lift launch vehicle at the Vostochny Cosmodrome. About 1500 various equipment components and more than 1 million meters of cable lines have been installed on site.
Altair’s personnel have installed the ground support equipment of critical systems and carried out commissioning within the launch facility construction and commissioning project.
“During the implementation phase of the essential national space project, the company’s team has installed more than 1 million meters of cable lines and about 1500 various devices and instruments, and erected complex steelwork and systems within the established deadlines. All systems worked properly during the integration test of the Angara-A5 launch facility,” said Aleksey Petrov, General Director of MTU Altair.
The Angara launch vehicles are assembled from universal rocket modules developed on the basis of oxygen-kerosene engines. The Angara launch vehicle system now includes small-lift and heavy-lift launch vehicles with a capacity range from 2.2 to 27 tons for low orbits and up to 38 tons in future due to the hydrogen-powered stage that is currently under development.
