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July 9, 2014

Russia. Angara is the first and only large-capacity launcher developed entirely after 1991. Produced by Krunichev, it is still based on the Zenit and uses the RD-171 liquid oxygen and kerosene engines (renamed RD-191 and with a single chamber instead of a quadruple) for the first stage and the RD-124 for the second stage, also fueled by liquid oxygen and RP-1. From Plesetsk, it can launch a 28-ton payload into LEO at a 63-degree angle or 5-ton into GEO. It also serves to replace rockets previously produced by the Ukrainian Yuzhnoe Design Bureau (Zenit) and Yuzhmash (Dnepr, derived from the SS-18 Satan and Tsyklon), all of which burn highly toxic hydrazine (UDMH), which has led to heavy compensation payments to Kazakhstan in the past. It made its first launch on July 9, 2014.