BOR-5

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BOR-5
BOR-5

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.

One of the BOR-5 1:8 models was recently put up for sale in Florida for $155,000 USD.[1]

[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

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