Between the Khrunichev Center, included in the structure of the state corporation "Roskosmos", and the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation signed a contract for the supply of a batch of Angara-A5 missiles. It's about mass production of such missiles.
This information agency RIA Novosti reported a source, related to the rocket and space industry.
The military will need four launch vehicles.
The common name "Angara" are space rockets of various classes. Among them there are lungs, medium and heavy. Four Angara-A5 missiles ordered by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation belong to the heavy class.
Shortly before this, the source informed the agency, that the signing of the first contract between the defense department and Roskosmos will take place after a test launch, scheduled for this year. In April, the head of state corporation Dmitry Rogozin officially announced the same thing..
This will be the second launch, and the first took place back in 2014 year. This time, Angara-A5, equipped with the Breeze-M booster block, it is necessary to put into a geostationary orbit to a height of more 35 thousand kilometers mock spacecraft.
At the beginning of this year, it turned 25 years of presidential decree, which launched the development of the Angara missile system. Since then, until the mass production of these space launch vehicles, it has not yet reached.
