Baykonurskyy start "Hangars" postponed for two years

First start of the new Russian missiles Angara from Baikonur in Kazakhstan will be held no earlier than 2014. This from exile to head a new media designer Gennady Kleymenova Interfax reports. Earlier start was scheduled for 2012.

The program "Baiterek, developed jointly by Russia and Kazakhstan, scheduled to launch boosters of the new generation from the cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Initially launching pad for "Angara" would place in the so-called platform 200. But later the idea was decided to cancel because it is located in the vicinity of the installation to run Proton.

After negotiations between the two countries decided to start complex to move into the territory of 250 sites. It is hence carried launches program Energia-Buran. Engineers point out that should be a serious revision of existing equipment, so run and postponed.

As the first missiles launched th "Angara", which must be from the Russian cosmodrome "Plesetsk", he reported as planned for 2012. Previously stated that first start "Hangars" must take place in late 2010 - early 2011.

Russian "Angara," the technical characteristics compared with existing Soyuz-in and easy version that is currently being developed in the U.S. missile Ares. The first level is going to launch module. In this capacity missiles, which lies within the range of 2 to 25 tons, the number of modules.