Russian Launch Vehicles and their Spacecraft: Thoughts & News

Specialists of JSC TsNIIMash and JSC RCC Progress (part of the Roscosmos State Corporation) have successfully completed the stage of vibration-strength tests of a prototype of the oxidizer tank of the first stage of the bench block of the promising Soyuz-5 launch vehicle. The tests were carried out for cases of transportation and for modes simulating the operation of the propulsion system.

During the tests, the design solutions adopted in the design of the bench block of the first stage of the Soyuz-5 launch vehicle were experimentally confirmed, the dynamic model was verified, the dynamic characteristics of the prototype and individual installations of units and devices were determined. In the future, the oxidizer tank is subject to fault detection and reassembly into a prototype designed for cold and fire bench tests at the Federal State Enterprise "Research Center of the RCP"

Meh Russia has to play the dumb games that turkish types play. Obnoxious. If Russia pulled out of Kazakhstan then you would see Turkey weasel its way further in. As if you couldn't tell I am not a fan of turks and their goofy pan turkish dreams.

SAINT PETERSBURG, July 28. /TASS/. The first launch of the Amur-LNG promising methane carrier rocket with a returnable stage may take place in 2028-2030. This was announced to TASS by Daniil Subbotin, Deputy General Director of the Progress Rocket and Space Center (RCC) (part of Roscosmos) for development.

"We are now focusing on the area of ​​2028-2030," Subbotin said on the sidelines of the Russia-Africa summit, answering a question when the first launch of Amur-LNG is scheduled.

According to him, now the technical design of the rocket is underway, then the development of design documentation and testing is planned, after which the flight. “Meanwhile, at the stage of technical design, we will carry out certain tests in order to reduce the time for manufacturing the first flight model,” the deputy general director explained.

At the moment, a group of specialists led by representatives of Roskosmos, which is conducting reconnaissance, has left for the Vostochny cosmodrome. During the week, they will have to look at the possible placement of infrastructure for the return stage. "The act of the commission, most likely, will recommend further development, further study of certain zones," Subbotin said, adding that it was about choosing the main and reserve sites.

In October 2020, Roskosmos and RCC Progress signed a contract for the development of a preliminary design of a space rocket complex with the first Russian reusable methane rocket Amur. The rocket will receive a returnable first stage and will be launched from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Amur Region. On March 10, 2023, the state corporation announced the continuation of the development of the Amur-SPG reusable methane launch vehicle, the technical design is planned until 2024.

First launch of Soyuz-5 rocket due Dec 24, 2025

SAMARA, August 17. /TASS/. The first launch of the Soyuz-5 rocket, which is being developed by the Progress space rocket center, is scheduled for December 24, 2025, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin was told at the Progress center in Samara.

Mishustin was shown the assembly and testing shop of the Soyuz-5 launch vehicle and briefed on the center’s development prospects. According to the factsheets presented to the head of government, the creation of the Soyuz-5 launch vehicle should be completed on November 25, 2025. By August the assembly of equipment at the Baikonur Cosmodrome should be completed, and the launch is scheduled for December 24, 2025.

Earlier, the Progress center’s deputy CEO for development, Daniil Subbotin, told TASS that the rocket would be ready for launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at the end of 2025.

Soyuz-5 is Russia’s new generation medium-class launch vehicle. It is being developed for putting to unmanned spacecraft into near-Earth orbits.

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First launch of Soyuz-5 rocket due Dec 24, 2025

SAMARA, August 17. /TASS/. The first launch of the Soyuz-5 rocket, which is being developed by the Progress space rocket center, is scheduled for December 24, 2025, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin was told at the Progress center in Samara.

Mishustin was shown the assembly and testing shop of the Soyuz-5 launch vehicle and briefed on the center’s development prospects. According to the factsheets presented to the head of government, the creation of the Soyuz-5 launch vehicle should be completed on November 25, 2025. By August the assembly of equipment at the Baikonur Cosmodrome should be completed, and the launch is scheduled for December 24, 2025.

Earlier, the Progress center’s deputy CEO for development, Daniil Subbotin, told TASS that the rocket would be ready for launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at the end of 2025.

Soyuz-5 is Russia’s new generation medium-class launch vehicle. It is being developed for putting to unmanned spacecraft into near-Earth orbits.

kvs wrote:If Baikonur is the only venue for the launch of the Soyuz-5, then once again Roscosmos/Russian government is engaged in terminal
idiocy.   By now it is crystal clear that the ex-USSR "republics" aside from Belorus are limitrophe toilets with insane inferiority complexes
that lead to rabid hate.  

Well it makes sense. Already a spaceport there and it helps unite Russia with Kazakhstan.

And also I am getting the idea that the other soyuz variants and angara can do everything that soyuz 5 can do.

At the Progress Rocket and Space Center (part of the Roscosmos State Corporation), an experimental fuel tank for the first stage of the Soyuz-5 launch vehicle has been fully assembled, intended for dynamic testing at the Central Research Institute of Mechanical Engineering.
This morning it was sent from Samara to Korolev by road.

The promising two-stage medium-class launch vehicle Soyuz-5 is being developed to support launches of automatic spacecraft into various low-Earth orbits, including using upper stages.