BOR-5
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| Role | Unmanned 1:8 scale re-entry test vehicle |
| National origin | Soviet Union |
| First flight | 5 June 1984 |
| Number built | 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.
It was put into a suborbital trajectory by a K65M-RB5 rocket launched from Kapustin Yar, near Volga, towards Lake Balkhash.
Flights
File:BOR-5-monino.jpg
BOR-5 nº502
- 4 July 1984
- aborted
- 5 June 1984
- model 501
- 17 April 1985
- model 502
- 27 December 1986
- model 503
- 27 August 1984
- model 504
- 22 June 1988
- model 505
Current locations[3]
- BOR-5 n°502 - Central Air Force Museum, Monino, Russia
- BOR-5 n°505 - Technik Museum Speyer, Speyer, Germany
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