BOR-5

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The BOR-5 flight vehicle was used to test the main aerodynamic characteristics, thermal and acoustic loads and stability for the Shuttle Buran program. As the BOR-4 flight vehicle aerodynamics were different from those of the Buran vehicle, the BOR-5 is a 1:8 Buran model.

It was put into suborbit by a K65M-RB5 rocket launched from Kapustin Yar, near Volga, towards Lake Balhash.

[edit] Flights

Five flights were made:

• 1984/06/05 - model 501
• 1985/04/17 - model 502
• 1986/12/27 - model 503
• 1984/08/27 - model 504
• 1988/06/27 - model 505

[edit] External links

• Detailled page on BORs