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All ground tests have already been successfully completed The engines for the Angara-1.2 rocket have been cleared for flight testing, the Roscosmos press service reported. The engines were produced by NIIMash JSC; they will be tested as part of the aggregate module of the fourth Angara-1.2 product. Angara-1.2 is a Russian two-stage light launch vehicle designed to launch a payload of up to 3.5 tons into low Earth orbit. The first flight of this rocket in its standard configuration took place on April 29, 2022, and a total of three launches were carried out. [caption id="attachment_82820" align="aligncenter" width="780"] Angara[/caption] Engines for the light Angara were cleared for flight testing The aggregate module is the second stage of the launch vehicle, which forms the target orbit of the spacecraft. The module is equipped with low-thrust engines developed and manufactured at JSC NIIMash. These are four 11D458M engines with a thrust of 40 kilogram-force and fourteen 17D58E orientation and stabilization engines with a thrust of 1.3 kilogram-force each. These engines have already successfully passed the entire ground training cycle and are now cleared for flight testing. It was previously reported that flight tests of the Angara family of missiles - the light Angara-1.2 and the heavy Angara-A5 - are planned to be completed in 2024. Also next year, full-scale serial production of these missiles should begin.

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It is now expected on November 18th The American company SpaceX announced the postponement of the launch of the prototype of the super-heavy spacecraft Starship for technical reasons. Earlier it became known that the company received permission from the Federal Aviation Administration for the launch, which was planned to take place today, November 17. “We need to replace the grid stabilizer drive, so the launch has been postponed to Saturday,” SpaceX said on social network X (formerly Twitter). [caption id="attachment_82668" align="aligncenter" width="444"] Starship spacecraft[/caption] Didn't take off: the launch of the huge Starship spacecraft was postponed for technical reasons In April, we recall, SpaceX carried out the first successful launch of a rocket with an installed prototype of the Starship spacecraft. The rocket reached an altitude of 39 km. A few seconds after launch, it became known that 5 of the 33 Raptor engines installed on the Super Heavy launch vehicle had failed. As a result, after a little over a minute, the rocket began to collapse and rotate, straying from the correct course. After which the remote destruction system was activated.

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Approval will be received by Friday Elon Musk has confirmed that SpaceX will receive approval to launch the Starship rocket by the scheduled date of November 17. I have just been informed that approval to launch is due in time for launch on Friday. The space company SpaceX previously announced the exact date of the second Starship launch. But then it was reported that the company was still awaiting final approval from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). [caption id="attachment_81961" align="aligncenter" width="780"] Starship rocket[/caption] Confirmed: the huge 122-meter Starship rocket will launch on November 17 On its first launch, the rocket rose high and flew for more than three minutes, but lost several engines, caused serious damage to the launch pad and entered a dive, after which it was remotely  destroyed . After the launch, a crater appeared in the ground, concrete pieces scattered across the area, and the environment was damaged, some species of wildlife of which are in danger of extinction. The launch also caused a fire of approximately 16,000 m2 within  the state park.