Soviet Space Program Energiya Polyus

Energiya

Status

Failure

Date

15 MAY 1987

17:30

Launch Provider

Soviet Space Program

Launch Pad

250

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Mission Overview

Satellite used to test technologies for the Skif-D SDI program

Rocket

Energiya

Mission Type

Government/Top Secret

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

Energia (Russian: Энергия, Energiya, "Energy") (GRAU 11K25) was a Soviet rocket that was designed by NPO Energia to serve as a heavy-lift partially recoverable launch system for a variety of payloads including the Buran spacecraft.

Height

97 m

Diameter

17.65 m

Launch Mass

2,524 T

Thrust

35,129 kN