LAUNCH CENTER

Success

Tue Nov 15 1988

Soviet Space Program

Buran OK-1K

Launch Successful

LAUNCH PREVIEW

Launch Time

(3:00 AM UTC)

Launch Window Start

(3:00 AM UTC)

Launch Window End

(3:00 AM UTC)

RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

Rocket Details

Name:

Energiya/Buran

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.

MISSION OVERVIEW

Type: Test Flight
First and only flight of the Buran space shuttle

COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Pad

110/37 (110L)