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The first Angara-A5 flight rocket for launch from Vostochny was fully assembled

At the Vostochny Cosmodrome, specialists assembled the first flightable Angara-A5 rocket for the April launch - the first for this rocket from the Vostochny Cosmodrome. According to the press service of Roscosmos, this launch will begin flight design tests of the Amur space rocket complex. Let us remind you that the promising Russian rocket “Amur-LNG” (“Soyuz-7”) with a returnable first stage will be launched from the Vostochny cosmodrome; The first launches will take place approximately in 2028-2030.

Specialists in the rocket and space industry docked the space head part of the Orion upper stage and the test payload with a “package” of three stages of the Angara-A5 heavy launch vehicle. The space warhead was assembled just the other day, and the “package” was assembled back in February. Currently, electrical checks of the general assembly are being carried out and preparations are being made for reloading onto the transport and installation unit for transporting the rocket to the launch complex.

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A large network of service stations throughout the country is being prepared for Atom

By 2028, Atom's network of official service partners will include 100 service stations located in 46 cities of Russia. This will ensure high-quality after-sales service for electric vehicles throughout the country.

Ilya Gamazin, head of development of the network of service partners of the Atom project, spoke about this at the conference of the Union of Automotive Services, who confirmed that the domestic electric car continues to break popularity records even before entering the market. Back in January it was reported that 105 thousand pre-orders for this model had already been placed. New data has not been specified.

Test production of the budget urban electric car should start at the end of 2024. It is expected that Atom will become one of the most affordable electric vehicles in Russia.

Next year, they plan to increase the production volume of Atom to 100 thousand units.

The first Angara-A5 flight rocket for launch from Vostochny was fully assembled