Vyacheslav Ermolin, November 21, 2020
Throughout 2020, RCC Progress, the developer of the Soyuz missile family based in Samara, continued to build a production line for the new Soyuz 5 medium launch vehicle, also known as the Irtysh, despite some doubts about regarding its technical perspective and commercial competitiveness.
(Based on materials by Anatoly Zak - russianspaceweb )
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The project of the new Soyuz-5 launch vehicle looks quite viable. An average launch vehicle of this class will not be superfluous - modern and its own. Given the American passion for duplicating projects (missiles and ships) and for the Russian military, this missile will be a backup option for the Angara. Suitable for both a manned program (near-earth) and for launching national loads. Perhaps something will "bite off" in the international commercial market.
