A Russian new-generation rocket family developed by the Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center in Moscow. Its three-stage design is based on the universal rocket modules with oxygen–kerosene engines. It includes carriers that can launch payloads from 2 000 to 50 000 kg into low Earth orbit from the Plesetsk or Vostochny Cosmodromes (and from Baikonur for commercial launches). Its envisioned as a replacement for the Proton and Rokot boosters currently used to launch much of Russia’s military satellite fleet, along with commercial communications and international Earth observation spacecraft. The first launch of a light Angora rocket occurred on 9 July 2014; its latest version (the Angara-5 rocket) was successfully test launched on 15 December 2014. In August 2016, South Korea’s space agency signed a contract to launch an Earth observation satellite into orbit in 2020 using an Angara rocket, giving the new booster its first commercial customer.