BOR-5
Russian test flight vehicle
BOR-5 | |
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![]() BOR-5 No. 502 at the Central Air Force Museum in Russia | |
General information | |
Type | Unmanned 1:8 scale re-entry test vehicle |
National origin | Soviet Union |
Number built | 5 |
History | |
First flight | 5 June 1984 |
The BOR-5 (Russian: БОР-5, «Беспилотный Орбитальный Ракетоплан 5», romanized: Bespilotnyi Orbital'nyi Raketoplan 5, lit. 'Unpiloted Orbital Rocketplane 5') is a 1:8 sized test flight vehicle, used to study the main aerodynamic, thermal, acoustic and stability characteristics of the Buran. It follows upon the BOR-4 reentry test vehicle.
It was put into a suborbital trajectory by a K65M-RB5 rocket launched from Kapustin Yar, near Volga, towards Lake Balkhash.[1]
Flights
Six flights were made:[2][3]
- 4 July 1984 - aborted
- 5 June 1984 - No. 501
- 17 April 1985 - No. 502
- 27 December 1986 - No. 503
- 27 August 1984 - No. 504
- 22 June 1988 - No. 505
Current locations
Two survivors of the BOR-5 tests are known to exist:[4]
- BOR-5 No. 502 - Central Air Force Museum, Monino, Russia
- BOR-5 No. 505 - Technik Museum Speyer, Speyer, Germany
References
External links
Media related to BOR-5 at Wikimedia Commons
- BOR family page at Buran-Energia.com
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Buran programme
- Energia
- Mir
- Kvant-1
- Kvant-2
- Kristall
- Androgynous Peripheral Attach System
- Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 110
- Landing sites
- Baherove
- Khorol
- Yubileyniy
- BOR-4
- BOR-5
- Strizh
- Orlan
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