Russia achieved a successful test launch of its new heavy-lift rocket from the Vostochny space complex in the Far East. This milestone comes after two previous aborted attempts earlier in the week.
The first launch attempt of the Angara-A5 rocket was halted just two minutes before liftoff on Tuesday due to a pressurization system failure in the oxidizer tank of the central block. The second attempt on Wednesday was also aborted by the automatic safety system, detecting a flaw in the engine start control mechanism, likely attributed to a programming error.
