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Vehicle family profile

Angara

Ангара

Family-level launch record combining canonical variants, historical missions, public cadence forecasts, and available payload performance specs.

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Variants
3
Canonical variants linked to this family.
Historical missions
15
Missions in the public mission table with actual launch dates.
Peak listed capacity
24,250 kg
Maximum payload capacity across listed variants and orbits.

Launch Cadence

Historical missions are grouped by actual launch year. Forecast cadence uses family-level launch-rate rows.

YearHistorical missionsForecast launches
201310
201410
202010
202110
202220
202420
202540
202614
202704
202804
202904
203004
203104
203204
203304
203404
203504

Performance Specs

Payload capacity by variant and target orbit when structured capacity rows are available.

VariantOrbitCapacityAltitudeInclinationSource
Angara A5
Ангара-А5
LEO24,250 kgUnknownUnknownKommersant Angara performance overview
Angara A5
Ангара-А5
GTO6,700 kgUnknownUnknownKommersant Angara performance overview

Recent Missions

Latest launched missions using variants in this family.

MissionVariantLaunch
Kosmos (x4)
Angara-1.2
Ангара-1.2
Apr 23, 2026
Kosmos-2597/98/99
Angara-1.2
Ангара-1.2
Nov 25, 2025
Kosmos (x4)
Angara-1.2
Ангара-1.2
Aug 21, 2025
Kosmos-2589 Mission

Variants

Canonical variants rolled up into this launch vehicle family.

VariantStagesMissionsStatus
Angara-1.2
Ангара-1.2
Not stated7Active
Angara A5
Ангара-А5
Not stated5Active
Naro-1
Not stated3Retired
203604
203704
203804
203904
204004
204104

Forecast Location Split

1 launch location represented.

YearLocationLaunchesConfidenceBasis
2026Plesetsk Cosmodrome | Site 35/1415%Editable low-confidence annual throughput seed.
2027Plesetsk Cosmodrome | Site 35/1415%Editable low-confidence annual throughput seed.
2028Plesetsk Cosmodrome | Site 35/1415%Editable low-confidence annual throughput seed.
2029Plesetsk Cosmodrome | Site 35/1415%Editable low-confidence annual throughput seed.
2030Plesetsk Cosmodrome | Site 35/1415%Editable low-confidence annual throughput seed.
2031Plesetsk Cosmodrome | Site 35/1415%Editable low-confidence annual throughput seed.
2032Plesetsk Cosmodrome | Site 35/1415%Editable low-confidence annual throughput seed.
2033Plesetsk Cosmodrome | Site 35/1415%Editable low-confidence annual throughput seed.
2034Plesetsk Cosmodrome | Site 35/1415%Editable low-confidence annual throughput seed.
2035Plesetsk Cosmodrome | Site 35/1415%Editable low-confidence annual throughput seed.
2036Plesetsk Cosmodrome | Site 35/1415%Editable low-confidence annual throughput seed.
2037Plesetsk Cosmodrome | Site 35/1415%Editable low-confidence annual throughput seed.
2038Plesetsk Cosmodrome | Site 35/1415%Editable low-confidence annual throughput seed.
2039Plesetsk Cosmodrome | Site 35/1415%Editable low-confidence annual throughput seed.
2040Plesetsk Cosmodrome | Site 35/1415%Editable low-confidence annual throughput seed.
2041Plesetsk Cosmodrome | Site 35/1415%Editable low-confidence annual throughput seed. Site-year coverage backfill copied nearest prior site-rate row.
Plesetsk Cosmodrome | Site 35/1
2026 · 15% confidence
4

Editable low-confidence annual throughput seed.

Plesetsk Cosmodrome | Site 35/1
2027 · 15% confidence
4

Editable low-confidence annual throughput seed.

Plesetsk Cosmodrome | Site 35/1
2028 · 15% confidence
4

Editable low-confidence annual throughput seed.

Plesetsk Cosmodrome | Site 35/1
2029 · 15% confidence
4

Editable low-confidence annual throughput seed.

Plesetsk Cosmodrome | Site 35/1
2030 · 15% confidence
4

Editable low-confidence annual throughput seed.

Plesetsk Cosmodrome | Site 35/1
2031 · 15% confidence
4

Editable low-confidence annual throughput seed.

Plesetsk Cosmodrome | Site 35/1
Angara A5
Ангара-А5
GEO3,900 kgUnknownUnknownKommersant Angara performance overview
Angara-1.2
Ангара-1.2
LEO3,800 kg200 km60 degAngara family technical references via extracted Angara overview
Angara-1.2
Ангара-1.2
SSO2,400 kgUnknownUnknownEurasian Times Angara-1.2 mission explainer
Angara A5
Ангара-А5
Jun 19, 2025
Kosmos-2585/86/87
Angara-1.2
Ангара-1.2
Mar 16, 2025
Kosmos-2577/2578
Angara-1.2
Ангара-1.2
Sep 17, 2024
GMM KA Mission
Angara A5
Ангара-А5
Apr 11, 2024
Kosmos-2560 Mission
Angara-1.2
Ангара-1.2
Oct 15, 2022

Forecasted Missions

Upcoming mission rows with announced launch timing.

MissionVariantAnnounced

No forecasted missions

No upcoming announced mission rows are linked to this vehicle family.

Track
2032 · 15% confidence
4

Editable low-confidence annual throughput seed.

Plesetsk Cosmodrome | Site 35/1
2033 · 15% confidence
4

Editable low-confidence annual throughput seed.

Plesetsk Cosmodrome | Site 35/1
2034 · 15% confidence
4

Editable low-confidence annual throughput seed.

Plesetsk Cosmodrome | Site 35/1
2035 · 15% confidence
4

Editable low-confidence annual throughput seed.

Plesetsk Cosmodrome | Site 35/1
2036 · 15% confidence
4

Editable low-confidence annual throughput seed.

Plesetsk Cosmodrome | Site 35/1
2037 · 15% confidence
4

Editable low-confidence annual throughput seed.

Mentions
58
All verified mentions of this launch vehicle family in source documents.
0.0-5.0
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There are three versions of the Angara mass simulator: one with Block DM, one with a crewed spacecraft (Orel), and one with a cryogenic (hydrolox – 'KVTK') upper stage.

CapabilityValue 3.0Oct 17, 2025TsENKI specialists completed the testing of transporter/erector with Angara mass simulators. Apparently, there were three versions of the mass simulator – with Block DM, with a crewed spacecraft (Orel) and with a cryogenic (hydrolox – «KVTK») upper stage.

TsENKI specialists completed testing of the transporter/erector with Angara mass simulators.

Capability
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Oct 17, 2025
TsENKI specialists completed the testing of transporter/erector with Angara mass simulators. Apparently, there were three versions of the mass simulator – with Block DM, with a crewed spacecraft (Orel) and with a cryogenic (hydrolox – «KVTK») upper stage.

Only nine Angara launches have taken place since the first light version launched in July 2014.

PlanGeneralValue 2.0May 27, 2025The more things change…

The 14F166 satellites are expected to be launched from Plesetsk using Angara-A5 rockets.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0May 5, 2025Project Nivelir: Russia’s inspection satellites (part 2)

Russia plans to use Angara’s cargo capacities to deliver modules for a proposed rival to the International Space Station.

PlanCapabilityValue 3.7Apr 11, 2024Russia successfully launches Angara A5 rocket on third attempt

The launch cost for the Angara A5/Blok DM-03 mission is $31,000,000.

FinancialGeneralValue 4.0Apr 11, 2024Russia’s two scrubs in two days of test launch of Angara-A5 space rocket

International Launch Services became a Khrunichev-owned company focused on selling Proton and Angara launches to Western customers.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 3.5Feb 3, 2023Former ILS president hired as new Spaceflight CEO

South Korea plans to launch the KOMPSAT-6 multipurpose satellite equipped with synthetic aperture radar on a Russian Angara rocket from Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia in the second half of 2024.

PlanCapabilityValue 5.0Mar 2, 2022Russian sanctions throw South Korean satellite missions into uncertainty

The first two Angara-A5 launches in December 2014 and December 2020 used the Breeze-M upper stage and both operated successfully.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.0Jan 6, 2022Angara upper stage reenters after failed launch

The 2021-12-27 flight was the third Angara-A5 launch and the first to use the Persei upper stage, which is based on the Block DM-03 stage.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.0Jan 6, 2022Angara upper stage reenters after failed launch

International Launch Services offers launch services using the Proton, Angara 1.2, Angara 5, Soyuz-2, and Soyuz-5 launch vehicles.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.8Apr 11, 2021ILS + Express Celebrate 25th Anniversary Of The 1st Combined Russian, US + European Launch

Two Angara 5 missions are planned in 2020 and both are Russian government missions.

PlanValue 3.0Feb 26, 202020 space industry predictions for 2020

Khrunichev has three Proton missions and two Angara 5 missions planned for 2020.

PlanValue 3.8Dec 24, 2019Proton launches Russian weather satellite

The Angara 5A rocket launched for the first and only time so far in 2014 from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome.

GeneralPlanValue 2.5Feb 13, 2019FIRST UP Satcom | Six Protons and an Angara launching this year • Airbus invests $25M in German plant

Russia plans to start tests of the Angara A5V, a variant with more lift capacity, in 2026 at the Vostochny Cosmodrome.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.5Feb 13, 2019FIRST UP Satcom | Six Protons and an Angara launching this year • Airbus invests $25M in German plant

International Launch Services has KARI’s Kompsat-6 radar satellite scheduled to launch on a Russian Angara 1.2 rocket in 2020.

PlanValue 4.0Sep 20, 2018Arianespace signs fifth Vega C contract

The Korea Aerospace Research Institute contracted in 2016 for a 2020 launch of its Kompsat-6 satellite on Angara 1.2.

RelationshipsPlanGeneralValue 4.0Aug 30, 2018Proton Medium, International Launch Services’ answer to Falcon 9, put on “indefinite hold”

In 2016, International Launch Services signed an Angara launch contract with the Korean Aerospace Research Institute for a launch sometime in 2020.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.3Jun 26, 2018New Roscosmos chief prioritizes ending Proton’s reign