Difference between revisions of "Buran program"
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Although the Buran spacecraft was similar in appearance to the NASA Space Shuttle, and could similarly function as a [[re-entry]] [[spaceplane]], the main engines during launch were on the [[Energia]] rocket and not taken into orbit on the spacecraft. Smaller rocket engines on the shuttle body provided propulsion in orbit and [[de-orbital]] burns. | Although the Buran spacecraft was similar in appearance to the NASA Space Shuttle, and could similarly function as a [[re-entry]] [[spaceplane]], the main engines during launch were on the [[Energia]] rocket and not taken into orbit on the spacecraft. Smaller rocket engines on the shuttle body provided propulsion in orbit and [[de-orbital]] burns. | ||
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===For Buran orbiter=== | ===For Buran orbiter=== | ||
* [http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=5845 Buran cockpit] with the meshes from [http://orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=755 CVEL-Buran] | * [http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=5845 Buran cockpit] with the meshes from [http://orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=755 CVEL-Buran] | ||
| + | * [http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=2181 BURAN2] (for older Orbiter versions) | ||
===For OK-GLI aerotester=== | ===For OK-GLI aerotester=== | ||
* [http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=5781 Buran OK-GLI cockpit] | * [http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=5781 Buran OK-GLI cockpit] | ||
* [http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=2588 Myasishchev VM-T with Shuttle] | * [http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=2588 Myasishchev VM-T with Shuttle] | ||
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| + | ===Energia rocket and launch pad=== | ||
| + | * [http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=1036 ENERGY project, release 4] | ||
| + | * [http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=4186 Baikonur LC 250 (UKSS), release 1 ] | ||
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[[Category:historic spacecraft]] | [[Category:historic spacecraft]] | ||
Revision as of 01:51, 31 March 2013
The Buran (Russian: Бура́н, IPA: [bʊˈran], Snowstorm or Blizzard) program was a Soviet and later Russian reusable spacecraft project that began in 1974 and was formally suspended in 1993.
It was a response to the United States Space Shuttle program.
Development work included sending the BOR-5 on multiple sub-orbital test flights, and atmospheric flights of the OK-GLI. The Buran spacecraft completed one unmanned orbital spaceflight in 1988.
Although the Buran spacecraft was similar in appearance to the NASA Space Shuttle, and could similarly function as a re-entry spaceplane, the main engines during launch were on the Energia rocket and not taken into orbit on the spacecraft. Smaller rocket engines on the shuttle body provided propulsion in orbit and de-orbital burns.
Add-ons
For Buran orbiter
- Buran cockpit with the meshes from CVEL-Buran
- BURAN2 (for older Orbiter versions)