Function Crewed orbital launch and reentry Manufacturer RKK Energia Country of origin Soviet Union, later Russian Federation Size Mass 42,000 kg (93,000 lb) Capacity Payload to LEO 30,000 kg (66,000 lb)
Launch history Status Decommissioned; programme halted in 1993; 1K1 destroyed in a 2002 hangar collapse, 1K2 in storage in Baikonur; 2K1 at Zukhovsky Airport; 2 other orbiters barely started when programme was cancelled.
Test articles in various exhibitions. Launch sites Baikonur Cosmodrome Total launches 1 (1K1) Successes 1 Failures 0 First flight 15 November 1988] (1K1) Last flight 15 November 1988 (1K1) Notable payloads N/A Stage - Energia rocket Engines 1 RD-170 (4 nozzles) Thrust 29,000 kN (6,500,000 lbf) sea
Missions
Following a series of atmospheric test flights using the jet-powered OK-GLI prototype, the first operational spacecraft (Orbiter K1) flew one test mission on 15 November 1988 at 03:00:02 UTC. The spacecraft was launched unmanned from and landed at Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh S.S.R. and flew two orbits, travelling 83,707 kilometres (52,013 mi) in 3 hours and 25 minutes (0.14 flight days). Buran never flew again; the programme was cancelled shortly after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. In 2002, the collapse of the hangar in which it was stored destroyed the Buran orbiter.
Secifications:
Mass breakdownMass of Total Structure / Landing Systems: 42,000 kg (93,000 lb) Mass of Functional Systems and Propulsion: 33,000 kg (73,000 lb) Maximum Payload: 30,000 kg (66,000 lb) Maximum liftoff weight: 105,000 kg (231,000 lb) Dimensions Length: 36.37 m (119.3 ft) Wingspan: 23.92 m (78.5 ft) Height on Gear: 16.35 m (53.6 ft) Payload bay length: 18.55 m (60.9 ft) Payload bay diameter: 4.65 m (15.3 ft) Wing glove sweep: 78 degrees Wing sweep: 45 degrees PropulsionTotal orbital maneuvering engine thrust: 17,600 kgf (173,000 N; 39,000 lbf) Orbital Maneuvering Engine Specific Impulse: 362 seconds (3.55 km/s) Total Maneuvering Impulse: 5 kgf-sec (11 lbf-sec) Total Reaction Control System Thrust: 14,866 kgf (145,790 N; 32,770 lbf) Average RCS Specific Impulse: 275-295 seconds (2.70-2.89 km/s) Normal Maximum Propellant Load: 14,500 kg (32,000 lb)
Unlike the US Space Shuttle, which was propelled by a combination of solid boosters and the shuttle orbiter's own liquid-fuel engines fueled from a large fuel tank, the Soviet/Russian shuttle system used thrust from the rocket's four RD-170 liquid oxygen/kerosene engines developed by Valentin Glushko and another four RD-0120 liquid oxygen/liquid hydrogen engines.
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Title: The Soviet Space Shuttle "Buran" - Space Documentary Language: Russian Soundtrack Lunar Docu - Published on Jul 27, 2017 YouTube Code: https://youtu.be/APkRBvofLh4 Duration: 37:38
Buran was the first space plane to be produced as part of the Soviet/Russian Buran program.
5. Russia's secret space shuttles Buran is Russian for "snowstorm" or "blizzard." The Russians built only few prototypes of these shuttles, and only one of them actually flew.
