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Polyus

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LAUNCH SITEBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Mission

Satellite used to test technologies for the Skif-D SDI program

Launch vehicle
Energiya
Mission type
Government/Top Secret
Destination orbit
Low Earth Orbit
Launch pad
250
Provider
Soviet Space Program

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Energiya
Sayanesy
Launch vehicle

Energiya

Energia (Russian: Энергия, 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.

Height
97 m
Diameter
17.65 m
Stages
2
Recorded launches
1
First flight
1987-05-15

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Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

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