Russia blasts new heavy-lift rocket into space after two aborted launches
Russia has successfully test-launched a new heavy-lift rocket from its Far Eastern space complex, a lift-off that comes after two aborted attempts earlier this week.
The first attempt to launch the Angara-A5 rocket from the Vostochny spaceport on Tuesday was cancelled about two minutes before the scheduled lift-off due to a failure of the pressurisation system of the oxidiser tank in the central block of the rocket.
