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Russia to switch to Angara carrier rocket launches with satellites, says Roscosmos chief According to Dmitry Rogozin, Angara rockets are now at the spaceport and will be launched as the operational need arises

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MOSCOW, May 19. /TASS/. Russia’s new Angara carrier rocket will no longer launch mock-up spacecraft and will instead orbit satellites, Head of Russia’s State Space Corporation Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin told reporters after his speech at the New Horizons educational marathon on Thursday.

Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin Sergei Savostyanov/TASS

Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin© Sergei Savostyanov/TASS

“We will no longer launch mass-dimensional mock-ups. As soon as satellites are ready, there will be launches,” the Roscosmos chief said.

Angara rockets are now at the spaceport and will be launched as the operational need arises, Rogozin said.

The Angara is a family of next-generation Russian space rockets. It consists of light, medium and heavy carrier rockets with a lifting capacity of up to 37.5 tonnes. The new family of rockets uses environmentally-friendly propellant components. The first three launches of Angara heavy rockets took place from the Plesetsk spaceport on December 23, 2014, December 14, 2020, and December 27, 2021. The launch of a light Angara rocket took place on July 9, 2014 (the suborbital test flight) and on April 29, 2022 (the orbital flight).

Almost 60 houses damaged in Belgorod Region village after Ukraine’s shelling.It came under fire from Ukrainian territory the day before

MOSCOW, May 19. /TASS/. The village of Solokhi in the Belgorod Region came under fire from Ukrainian territory several times over the past few days, with damage caused to 59 houses, Regional Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said on Thursday.

“Over the past few days, our border village of Solokhi has been shelled several times from Ukrainian territory. Yesterday, the shells damaged 19 homes, including 14 for the second time. Overall, recovery works will have to be carried out in 59 houses,” the governor wrote on his Telegram channel.

Construction workers temporarily plugged window frames and roofing and a decision was made to suspend basic works for two or three days until the situation in the village stabilized. Efforts are underway to restore electricity supply in the village, Gladkov said.

The village of Solokhi in the Belgorod Region came under fire from Ukrainian territory on May 18. On May 11, the Ukrainian military shelled the community, wounding seven civilians and killing an 18-year-old resident.

Source:tass.com