SPACE LAUNCH REPORT Angara Launch Vehicle Flight History by Variant/Year (2009-Present) by Ed Kyle, Last Update April 11, 2024 L(F) = Number of Launches(Number of Failures) KSLV-1 Angara Angara Angara Angara Orbit Grand 1.2 A5 A5 A5 Briz M Persei Orion Totals Totals Year L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) ------------------------------------------------------------------ 2000 - - - - - - - 2001 - - - - - - - 2002 - - - - - - - 2003 - - - - - - - 2004 - - - - - - - 2005 - - - - - - - 2006 - - - - - - - 2007 - - - - - - - 2008 - - - - - - - 2009 1(1) - - - - 1(1) 1(1) 2010 1(1) - - - - 1(1) 1(1) 2011 - - - - - - - 2012 - - - - - - - 2013 1(0) - - - - 1(0) 1(0) 2014 - 1(0)+ 1(0) - - 1(0) 2(0)+ 2015 - - - - - - - 2016 - - - - - - - 2017 - - - - - - - 2018 - - - - - - - 2019 - - - - - - - 2020 - - 1(0) - - 1(0) 1(0) 2021 - - - 1(1) - 1(1) 1(1) 2022 - 2(0) - - - 2(0) 2(0) 2023 - - - - - - - 2024 - - - - 1(0) 1(0) 1(0) ------------------------------------------------------------------ KSLV-1 Angara Angara Angara Angara Orbit Grand 1.2 A5 A5 A5 Briz M Persei Orion Totals Totals L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) ------------------------------------------------------------------ Suborb - 1(0)+ - - - 1(0)+ Orbit 3(2) 2(0) 2(0) 1(1) 1(0) 9(3) 9(3) Total 3(2) 3(0)+ 2(0) 1(1) 1(0) - 10(3) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Footnotes: KSLV = Korean Space Launch Vehicle. Consisted of Krunichev supplied Angara URM first stage with KARI (Korean Aerospace Research Institute) solid second stage and payload fairing, launched from Naro Space Center, South Korea. + First Angara 1 a 1.2 version with no third stage, flew suborbital test mission. Angara Vehicle Configurations ------------------------------------------------------------------ LEO GTO GEO Height GLOW 200 km 5500 x x 63 deg 35786 km x 25 deg ================================================================== Angara 1.1 2.0 t 34.9 m 149.5 t Angara 1.2 3.7 t 41.5 m 171.5 t Angara A3 14.6 t 2.4 t 45.8 m 480 t Angara A5/Briz M 24.5 t 5.4 t 2.04 t 55.4 m 773 t Angara A5/Persei 5.5 t 2.4 t 55.4 m 773 t Angara A5/Orion 24.5 t 5.5 t? 2.4 t? 55.4 m 773 t Angara A5/KVRB 24.5 t 6.6 t 64 m 790 t ================================================================== Angara URM Variants ================================================================== Name Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------ KSLV-1 URM KARI Angara 1.1 URM Briz KM Angara 1.2 URM Stg 2 Briz KM Angara 3 3xURM Stg 2 Briz M Angara 5/Briz M 5xURM Stg 2 Briz M Angara 5/Persei 5xURM Stg 2 Persei Angara 5 KVRB 5xURM Stg 2 KVRB ================================================================== Stage Data ================================================================== Stg Name Loaded Empty Thrust ISP ISP Burn Dia Len Mass Mass sec sec time tonnes tonnes tonnes SL Vac sec m m ------------------------------------------------------------------ URM 139t 10.5t 170t 309s 337s 229s 2.9 28.5 KSLV Stg2 1-2t ~0.2t ~8t 58s 1.0 2.4 Ang1 Stg2 29.7t 4.0t 30t 367s 425s 3.6 6.874 Ang3/5 Stg2 42.5t 4.0t 30t 367s 425s 3.6 6.874 Briz KM 6.3t 1.1t 2t 326s 1000s 2.5 2.65 Briz M 22.47t 2.67t 2t 326s 3200s 4.0 2.65 KVRB 22t 3t 10.5t 461s 3.8 10.1 ================================================================== Comprehensive Angara Launch List Date Vehicle ID Payload Mass Site Result ------------------------------------------------------------------ 08/25/09 KSLV-1 F1 STSAT 2 0.1 NA [FTO] 06/10/10 KSLV-1 F2 STSAT 2B 0.099 NA [FTO] 01/30/13 KSLV-1 F3 STSAT-2C 0.1 NA LEO 07/09/14 Ang 1.2PP A1-1 Suborbital Test 1.43 PL 35/1 SUB 12/23/14 Ang A5/Briz M A5-1 GVM Test Flight 2.024 PL 35/1 GEO 12/14/20 Ang A5/Briz M A5-2 IPM Test Flight 2.024 PL 35/1 GEO 12/27/21 Ang A5/Persei A5-3 IPN-1 Test Flight 2.4 PL 35/1 [LEO] 04/29/22 Ang 1.2 A1-1 MKA-R (Kos 2555) PL 35/1 SSO 10/15/22 Ang 1.2 A1-2 EMKA 3 (Kos 2560) PL 35/1 SSO 04/11/24 Ang A5/Orion A5-4 GMM-KA sim VO 1A GEO ------------------------------------------------------------------ ================================================================== Footnotes [KSLV-1 F1] 1st S.Korea. PLF failed to sep [KSLV-1 F2] Telem lost T+137sec during Stg 1 burn [KSLV-1 F3] S. Korea's first satellite [A1-1] Inaugural 2-stage Angara 1.2 suborbital test flight to Kura range. [A5-1] First Angara A5. Four Briz M burns with mass simulator to GEO, then fifth burn to graveyard orbit. [A5-2] Repeat of first flight with PO Polyot-built URMs. [A5-3] Persei third stage shut down after 2 seconds during its second of three planned burns. Persei and Kosmos mass sim left in LEO. GEO insertion was planned. [A1.2-1] First Angara 1.2 orbital launch, using second stage same diameter as first stage and new "AM" third stage powered by four 11D458 engines. [A1.2-2] Angara 1.2 with AM third stage. [A5-4] 0900 UTC. First Angara launch from Vostochny. First flight of "Orion" third stage, a modified Blok DMSL. 3xOrion burns put GMM-KA mass simulator and attached Orion to GEO graveyard orbit. ------------------------------------------------------------------ FTO = Failed to Orbit FSO = Failed Suborbital NA = Naro Space Center, South Korea PL = Plesetsk Northern Cosmodrome, Russia References: Jonathan's Space Report Launch Vehicle Database "http://www.planet4589.org/space/lvdb/index.html" Rusty Barton's Minuteman ICBM History page at "http://www.geocities.com/minuteman_missile/index.html" Encylopedia Astronautica "http://www.astronautix.com/" Gunter's Space Page "http://www.skyrocket.de/space"