{"id":126964,"date":"2021-12-29T16:13:59","date_gmt":"2021-12-29T15:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=126964"},"modified":"2021-12-29T16:13:59","modified_gmt":"2021-12-29T15:13:59","slug":"russia-launches-its-biggest-space-rocket-since-the-fall-of-the-soviet-union-30-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/12\/29\/russia-launches-its-biggest-space-rocket-since-the-fall-of-the-soviet-union-30-years-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia launches its biggest space rocket since the fall of the Soviet Union 30 years ago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In what can be described as a startling display of the country&#8217;s militarisation of space, Russia has launched its biggest rocket since the fall of the Soviet Union 30 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Weighing 761 tons with a height of 210ft, the space <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/05\/09\/chinas-out-of-control-rocket-crashes-into-indian-ocean-near-maldives\/\">rocket<\/a> is known as Angara A-5. It took off with a mock payload from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in northern Russia on Tuesday, December 28.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-126972\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/12\/chioma_adebiyi\/2021\/12\/29\/61cc41dea1985-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"634\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/12\/chioma_adebiyi\/2021\/12\/29\/61cc41dea1985-1.jpg 634w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/12\/chioma_adebiyi\/2021\/12\/29\/61cc41dea1985-1-300x213.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>President Vladimir Putin celebrated the launch as officials stepped up their warnings over Ukraine. The rocket can deliver military satellites into space where experts predict future wars will be won and lost.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-126971\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/12\/chioma_adebiyi\/2021\/12\/29\/61cc41f963b5f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"634\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/12\/chioma_adebiyi\/2021\/12\/29\/61cc41f963b5f.jpg 634w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/12\/chioma_adebiyi\/2021\/12\/29\/61cc41f963b5f-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Russia&#8217;s space programme launched the first satellite in 1957 and sent the first man into space in 1961. But since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 it has been plagued by corruption and technical setbacks and has lagged behind US and China in Space exploration.<\/p>\n<p>It was the third launch of the new rocket after its maiden voyage in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Roscosmos congratulates the military-space forces and the entire Russian space industry,&#8217; the agency said in a statement, calling the launch &#8216;successful&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Agency head Dmitry Rogozin welcomed the news on Telegram, writing: &#8216;Come on, baby!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>President Vladimir Putin hopes the new launchers will revive Russia&#8217;s space industry.<\/p>\n<p>Angara rockets &#8211; named after a Siberian river flowing out of Lake Baikal &#8211; are the first new family of launchers to be built after the collapse of the Soviet Union.<\/p>\n<p>They are designed to replace the Proton rockets that date back to the 1960s and have suffered a series of failures in recent years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In what can be described as a startling display of the country&#8217;s militarisation of space, Russia has launched its biggest rocket since the fall of the Soviet Union 30 years ago. 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