BOR-5

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BOR-5
BOR-5 in Technikmuseum Speyer
BOR-5 at Monino Airfield

The BOR-5 (БОР-5 Russian: Беспилотный Орбитальный Ракетоплан 5, Bespilotnyi Orbital'nyi Raketoplan 5, "Unpiloted Orbital Rocketplane 5") is a 1:8 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.

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

Flights

Six flights were made:[2]

  • 1984/04/07 - aborted
  • 1984/06/05 - model 501
  • 1985/04/17 - model 502
  • 1986/12/27 - model 503
  • 1984/08/27 - model 504
  • 1988/06/22 - model 505

References

  1. ↑ http://www.vintagemotorssarasota.com/bor5/Bor5.htm
  2. ↑ http://www.buran-energia.com/bor/bor-carac.php

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Components
Orbiters
Launch site
Testing
  • OK-ML-1 (0.01; OK-M; BTS-01)
  • OK-GLI (0.02; BTS-02)
  • OK-KS (0.03)
  • OK-ML-2 (0.04; OK-MT)
  • OK-? (0.05)
  • OK-TVI (0.06)
  • OK-TVA (0.15)
  • OK-? (0.08)
  • BOR-4
  • BOR-5
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Active
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Past
Cancelled


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