LAUNCH MISSION

Soviet Space Program Energiya/Buran Buran OK-1K

Name: Soviet Space Program Energiya/Buran Buran OK-1K
Start: 1988-11-15T03:00:01.000Z
Location: 110/37 (110L)

Status

Success

DATE

15 NOV 1988

LAUNCH PROVIDER

Soviet Space Program

Launch Pad

110/37 (110L)

Description

First and only flight of the Buran space shuttle

Energiya/Buran

Rocket Description

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.

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