Russia's second attempt to test-launch a new heavy-lift rocket from its Far Eastern space complex was aborted on Wednesday. The launch of the Angara-A5 rocket from the Vostochny spaceport was canceled about two minutes before its planned time of 0900 GMT. The cause of the cancellation was attributed to the failure of the pressurization system of the oxidizer tank of the central block of the rocket, as reported by the state news agency RIA-Novosti.
National space agency Roscosmos announced that another launch attempt will be postponed for at least one day. This marks the second consecutive failure, as the first attempt on Tuesday was also unsuccessful due to a flaw in the oxidizer tank pressurization system detected by the automatic safety system, according to Roscosmos head Yuri Borisov.
