BOR-5

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Template:Short description Template:Infobox aircraft The BOR-5 (Template:Langx) 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

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BOR-5 No. 505 at the Technik Museum Speyer in Germany

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]

References

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External links

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