Russia, on Wednesday (Apr 10) aborted the test launch of its Angara-A5 new heavy-lift rocket for the second time this week from its Far Eastern space complex, Vostochny Cosmodrome.

Russia aborts launch of heavy-lift rocket Angara-A5 for the second time

Russian investigators said on Thursday they had opened two criminal cases into the management of a company involved in building the Vostochny Cosmodrome, a space centre in the country's the Far East.

Russia opens investigation into space center fraud after Putin rebuke

President Vladimir Putin on Thursday dressed down space officials on a visit to Russia's long-delayed and corruption-tainted cosmodrome in the Far East. The Vostochny cosmodrome was originally supposed to be running manned launches from last year but the grand project has been consistently behind schedule.

I expect more responsible attitude: Putin to Russian space officials

The country`s first orbital launch of 2018 came after a similar liftoff from the cosmodrome in eastern Russia ended in embarrassment, with officials losing contact with a string of satellites last November

Russia launches 11 space satellites 'without glitch'