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Energiya/Buran

Energiya family · Energia · Reusable · Retired

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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.

Specifications

Thrust
35,301 kN
Height
97 m
Diameter
17.65 m
Launch mass
2,629 t
Stages
3
Launch cost
LEO capacity
90,400 kg
GTO capacity
GEO capacity
20,000 kg
SSO capacity

Vehicle specifications from Launch Library; blanks are unpublished figures.

Flight record

Flights
1
Launches with a definitive outcome
Success rate
100%
1 of 1
Current success streak
1
Landings
0
0 attempts · 0 droneship / 0 RTLS
Fastest turnaround
Between consecutive booster flights

Counted from padside's own launch record — the same basis as the Stats page.

Launches