A modular family ranging from light to heavy launches.
Angara is a Russian family developed by the Khrunichev centre. It uses common modules to adapt the launcher to several payload classes, mainly satellites without crews.
The inaugural test from Plesetsk in July 2014 follows a suborbital trajectory with a dummy payload. It checks the stages' operation without attempting to place a satellite into orbit.
In December 2014, the heavy Angara A5 version makes its first flight. A Briz-M upper stage takes its demonstration payload toward geostationary orbit, showing a different capability from the initial test.
Selected representative missions; crew names belong to the flight shown.
The 1.2PP demonstrator flies a ballistic trajectory toward the Kamchatka test area.
Angara A5's first test carries a simulated payload, without an operational satellite or cosmonauts.
Dates follow the days reported by the source agencies, generally in local time; the UTC day can differ. Crews belong to the selected missions, not every flight in the family.
Angara shows how component standardisation can support a range of launches and access to space from Russian territory.
First flight or first test of the family, including unsuccessful or suborbital attempts.
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