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Development work included sending the [[BOR-5]] on multiple [[sub-orbital]] test flights, and atmospheric flights of the [[OK-GLI]]. The [[Buran spacecraft]] completed one unmanned orbital spaceflight in 1988. | Development work included sending the [[BOR-5]] on multiple [[sub-orbital]] test flights, and atmospheric flights of the [[OK-GLI]]. The [[Buran spacecraft]] completed one unmanned orbital spaceflight in 1988. | ||
| − | Although the Buran spacecraft was similar in appearance to the NASA Space Shuttle, and could similarly function as a [[ | + | Although the Buran spacecraft was similar in appearance to the NASA Space Shuttle, and could similarly function as a [[re-entry]] [[spaceplane]], the main engines during launch were on the [[Energia]] rocket and not taken into orbit on the spacecraft. Smaller rocket engines on the shuttle body provided propulsion in orbit and [[de-orbital]] burns. |
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* [http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=4186 Baikonur LC 250 (UKSS), release 1 ] | * [http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=4186 Baikonur LC 250 (UKSS), release 1 ] | ||
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