Energiya

In-active

Energia (OKB-1)

May 15, 1987

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.

Specifications
  • Stages
    2
  • Length
    97.0 m
  • Diameter
    17.65 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    7.75 m
  • Launch Mass
    2524.0 T
  • Thrust
    35129.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Energiya
  • Family
  • Variant
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Energiya
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
    88000.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
  • Direct Geostationary
    22000.0 kg
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

Energia

Government
None
OKB-1 1946

None

Energiya | Polyus

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Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 15, 1987, 5:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

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