Energia and Buran - The Soviet space union

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Feb 1989

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1989flint.135...22f&link_type=abstract

Flight International (ISSN 0015-3710), vol. 135, Feb. 18, 1989, p. 22-26.

Physics

Buran Space Shuttle, Earth Orbital Environments, Rocket Engines, Soviet Spacecraft, U.S.S.R. Space Program, Rocket Engine Design, Space Commercialization, Space Shuttles, Spacecraft Design, Spacecraft Landing

Scientific paper

The Energia booster will allow the Soviet Union to loft 100 tonnes into LEO in the 1990s; the Buran space shuttle vehicle will also be able to return 20-tonne payloads from orbit. Together, Energia and Buran will facilitate the delivery and assembly of modules for the space station Mir 2, which will with its 100-tonne core module be five times larger than Mir 1. The core liquid-fueled rocket powerplant of Energia is the first in the Soviet inventory to burn cryogenic propellants; together with four strap-on solid rocket boosters, Energia generates 3500 tonnes of thrust, surpassing the NASA's Saturn 5. Buran has a launch weight of 105 tonnes with full payload, and it is expected that a fleet size of four vehicles will eventually be constructed.

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