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Energiya

Retired

Energia

Energia (Russian: ЭнСргия, Energiya, "Energy") (GRAU 11K25) was a Soviet rocket that was designed by NPO Energia to serve as a heavy-lift partially recoverable launch system for a variety of payloads including the Buran spacecraft.

Key figures

Total launches
1
Successes
0
Failures
1
Success rate
0.0 %
Success streak
0
Maiden flight
May 15, 1987
Reusable
No
Planned launches
0
Energiya family total
2 launches Β· 1 successes Β· 1 failures (2 variants)

🧐 Data check

Automatic plausibility checks β€” anomalies are surfaced transparently here:

  • ℹ️The figures above apply only to the β€œEnergiya” variant. The Launch Library counts each variant separately β€” the Energiya family totals 2 launches across 2 variants.

Technology

Length
97 m
Diameter
17.65 m
Launch mass
2,524 t
Liftoff thrust
35,129 kN
Stages
2
LEO (low Earth orbit)
88,000 kg
GEO (geostationary)
22,000 kg

Launches per year

of which in our database: 1

1987: 1 Failures11987
Successes Failures Other/planned

History & events

  1. May 15, 1987πŸš€ Maiden flightPolyusView launch β†’
  2. May 15, 1987πŸ’₯ FailurePolyusView launch β†’

Sources