All Angara rocket production may be moved from Moscow to Omsk

The Polet plant in Omsk could be tasked with the full assembly cycle for Angara rockets, as part of a potential shift from Moscow.

Feb 21, 2026

A successful launch of the Angara rocket occurred last year, marking a key milestone in its development.
Source:
roscosmos.ru

All production of Angara launch vehicles may be moved from Moscow to the Omsk-based Polet plant. This was reported by TASS, citing a presentation by Dmitry Baranov, deputy head of Roscosmos for rocket projects.

In a conversation with our colleagues, Governor Vitaly Khotsenko called this decision timely and correct. He recalled that it was during the evacuation to Omsk during the war that Sergei Korolev, working at aircraft plants, became interested in cosmonautics.

“Today, at the Polet enterprise (a branch of the Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center), Angara family rockets are already being assembled. We have great engineering and personnel potential for this work,” the governor emphasized.

Currently, in the capital, they produce the upper stages of the heavy Angara, as well as head fairings and booster stages. In Omsk — the light Angara, and the first and second stages of the heavy Angara.

In November last year, a successful launch of an Angara rocket took place at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in the Arkhangelsk region.