LAUNCH CENTER
Failure
Fri May 15 1987
Soviet Space Program
Polyus
Launch Failure
LAUNCH PREVIEW
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(5:30 PM UTC)
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(5:30 PM UTC)
Launch Window End
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(5:30 PM UTC)
RECOVERY OVERVIEW
Location
No Recovery Specified
Type
No Recovery Specified
Rocket Details
Name:
EnergiyaDescription:
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: Government/Top Secret
- Satellite used to test technologies for the Skif-D SDI program
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Pad
250