Ars Technica

Russia’s next-generation rocket is a decade old and still flying dummy payloads

It has been nearly 10 years since Russia launched the first Angara test flights. The heaviest version of the Angara rocket family—the Angara A5—is about to make its fourth flight, and like the three ...
TASS

Proton rocket, originally meant for ExoMars, to be used for another mission — Roscosmos

The Proton-M rocket and the Briz-M booster will be delivered to the Baikonur cosmodrome within the established deadlines MOSCOW, March 17. /TASS/. The launch vehicle Proton-M and booster Briz-M, which ...
TASS

Russia’s Proton rocket to orbit Ekspress telecoms satellites on December 13

MOSCOW, December 13. /TASS/. A Proton-M carrier rocket with the Ekspress-AMU-3 and Ekspress-AMU-7 telecommunications satellites will blast off from site No. 200 of the Baikonur cosmodrome on December ...
Ars Technica

After six decades, Russia will build its final Proton rocket this year

Russia's main space corporation, Roscosmos, said it is in the process of building four more Proton rockets before it shuts down production of the venerable booster. In a news release, Roscosmos said ...