Angara-1 flies its fifth mission
For the second time in 2025, the light version of the Angara rocket flew from Plesetsk on August 21, performing a classified military mission. It was the fifth launch of the Angara-1.2 variant and 11th mission for the Angara family.
The fifth Angara-1.2 mission at a glance:
14S733
2025 Aug. 21, 12:32 Moscow Time (09:32 UTC, 5:32 a.m. EDT)
Kosmos (14F178, OO MKA No. 7, 8, 9, 10)
Starting on Aug. 12, 2025, Russian authorities began issuing sea- and air-traffic warnings in the Barents Sea, just North of the Kola Peninsula, whose coordinates were close to the areas appropriate for the impact of the first stage of the Angara-1.2 rocket and its payload fairing, when heading to a near-polar orbit with an inclination 96.7 degrees from Plesetsk.
Another warning for the Northern Pacific restricted the areas close to the impact distance for the Angara’s second stage and its upper (third) stage (INSIDER CONTENT).
According to the advisories, the launch was scheduled around noon between Aug. 21 and Aug. 28, 2025.
On Aug. 21, 2025, official Russian media, quoting the Ministry of Defense, announced that the Angara-1.2 launch vehicle lifted off from Site 35 in Plesetsk with multiple military spacecraft at 12:32 Moscow Time (5:32 a.m. EDT) and successfully delivered them to the Earth’s orbit.
The Ministry of Defense then confirmed the successful launch of multiple spacecraft and that communications had been established with newly launched satellites which were reported functioning as planned.
