Soviet Space Program Energiya/Buran Buran OK-1K
Energiya/Buran
Status
Success
Date
15 NOV 1988
03:00
Launch Provider
Soviet Space Program
Launch Pad
110/37 (110L)
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Mission Overview
First and only flight of the Buran space shuttle
Rocket
Energiya/Buran
Mission Type
Test Flight
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit
Stages
3
Livestream
Not availableRocket 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
2,629 T
Thrust
35,301 kN
