BOR-5

The BOR-5 (БОР-5 Russian: Беспилотный Орбитальный Ракетоплан 5, Bespilotnyi Orbital'nyi Raketoplan 5, "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.

BOR-5
BOR-5 No. 502 at the Central Air Force Museum in Russia
Role Unmanned 1:8 scale re-entry test vehicle
National origin Soviet Union
First flight 5 June 1984
Number built 5

It was put into a suborbital trajectory by a K65M-RB5 rocket launched from Kapustin Yar, near Volga, towards Lake Balkhash.

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

Six flights were made:[1][2]

  • 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:[3]

References
  1. http://www.buran-energia.com/bor/bor-carac.php
  2. http://www.kosmonavtika.com/vaisseaux/bor/hist/hist.html
  3. http://www.kosmonavtika.com/vaisseaux/bor/visite/visite.html
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