Engineering:BOR-5
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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] at the altitude of about 100 km with velocities from 4000 to 7300 kilometers per second.[2]
Flights
- 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:[5]
- BOR-5 No. 502 - Central Air Force Museum, Monino, Russia
- BOR-5 No. 505 - Technik Museum Speyer, Speyer, Germany
References
- ↑ Krebs, Gunter D. (2024). "BOR-5" (in en). https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/bor-5.htm.
- ↑ "BOR-5". http://www.astronautix.com/b/bor-5.html.
- ↑ Petrovitch, Vassili (2024). "BOR Characteristic". http://www.buran-energia.com/bor/bor-carac.php.
- ↑ Pillet, Nicolas (2013). "BOR | Histoire". http://www.kosmonavtika.com/vaisseaux/bor/hist/hist.html.
- ↑ Pillet, Nicolas. "BOR | Où les voir ?". http://www.kosmonavtika.com/vaisseaux/bor/visite/visite.html.
External links
- BOR family page at Buran-Energia.com
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