Orion continues to inject test payload into orbit
The Orion upper stage, launched by the first Angara-A5 launch vehicle from the Vostochny Cosmodrome, delivered the small spacecraft «Gagarinets» to low Earth orbit. The press service of Roscosmos spoke about this.
The Cubesat 3U format satellite was created by the Russian private company Avant Space and is intended to test elements of the service platform.
As reported by the state corporation, the «Orion» continues to insert the test payload into the specified orbit.
We would like to remind you that today at 12:00 Moscow time the first launch of the Angara-A5 launch vehicle was carried out from the Vostochny Cosmodrome. with the «Orion» upper stage and test payload. This was the sixth launch of a Russian launch vehicle in 2024, including the second from Vostochny. For «Angara-A5» This flight was the fourth in history (including the first from Vostochny) for the D family of upper stages — 337th in history (including the first for «Orion»).