MOSCOW, January 29. /TASS/. The recent launch of the heavy space rocket Angara-A5 from the Plesetsk cosmodrome has confirmed the possibility of putting payloads of up to 23 tonnes into low orbits, Russia’s Deputy Defense Minister Alexei Krivoruchko said on Friday.

"The launch of the heavy class rocket Angara-A5 within the framework of flight tests confirmed the possibility of putting in space payloads of up to 23 tonnes," he said.

Under the 2020 program for launches Russia’s Aerospace Forces in the 4th quarter of last year orbited space satellites Glonass-K and a cluster of three space satellites Gonets-M using Soyuz-2.1b rockets.

"The goals of the launches have been achieved. The satellites operate normally," Krivoruchko said.