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July 10, 2014

First Angara Test Launch Successful
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Jul 09, 2014
Russian Defense Ministry Army General Sergei Shoigu has reported to Russian President, Commander-in-Chief Vladimir Putin the first successful test launch of the Angara-1.2PP rocket carrier, the Russian Defense Ministry PR and information department said in a statement. "The first test launch of the light-class Angara-1.2PP rocket was carried out on July 9 at 4 p.m. Moscow time from the universal launch complex at the state test cosmodrome of the Russian Defense Ministry (Plesetsk cosmodrome) in th ... read more

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