Russia wants to develop Angara super-heavy rocket

Alexandr Zheleznyakov, academician of the Tsiolkovsky Russian Academy of Space, said that it is necessary to soon develop the Angara-A5V super-heavy rocket, despite the fact that at present, Russia has not fully utilized the payload of this rocket line.

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Earlier, Roscosmos Director General Igor Komarov said that there is currently no specific payload for the Angara-A5V.

“Currently, we do not have such a payload for a super-heavy rocket, but in the future, if we intend to fly to the Moon and build a base there, this rocket will be needed for us.

“If we want to fly to other planets, we need to have appropriate launch vehicles. So developing it is definitely something that needs to be done,” said Alexandr Zheleznyakov.

Russia's latest space rocket system Angara includes a series of environmentally friendly rockets of different payloads, allowing to deliver up to 37.5 tons of payload (three-stage hydrogen-fueled version of Angara-A5V) into low orbit.

According to TPO