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Energiya
RetiredEnergia
Energia (Russian: ΠΠ½Π΅ΡΠ³ΠΈΡ, 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)
π§ Data check
Automatic plausibility checks β anomalies are surfaced transparently here:
- βΉοΈThe figures above apply only to the βEnergiyaβ 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
Successes Failures Other/planned
History & events
Sources
- Launch Library 2 (The Space Devs)
- Wikipedia