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Blast Off on Hold | Russia's Angara-A5 Rocket Launch Suffers Another Setback

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Blast Off on Hold | Russia's Angara-A5 Rocket Launch Suffers Another Setback  Blast Off on Hold | Russia's Angara-A5 Rocket 🚀 Launch Suffers Another Setback  Introduction 📑 🖊️ Hold on to your spacesuits, space enthusiasts! Russia's ambitious plans for its Angara-A5 🚀 have encountered another hurdle.  Just moments before its scheduled liftoff on April 10, 2024, a technical glitch forced officials to abort the launch for the second time . Deja Vu at Vostochny Cosmodrome 🛸 This latest setback comes after a previous failed launch attempt in August 2023. This time, the issue stemmed from a malfunction in the pressurization system of the rocket's oxidizer tank, according to the head of Russia's space agency, Yuri Borisov.  The Angara-A5 is a next-generation heavy-lift rocket 🚀 designed to carry hefty payloads into orbit. The launch, planned for the Vostochny Cosmodrome, Russia's newest spaceport, was supposed to be the first for this powerful rocket ...