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Buran (spacecraft)

Index Buran (spacecraft)

Buran (Буран,, meaning "Snowstorm" or "Blizzard"; GRAU index serial number: 11F35 1K, construction number: 1.01) was the first spaceplane to be produced as part of the Soviet/Russian Buran program. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 47 relations: Antonov An-225 Mriya, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 110, Buran programme, Canadarm, Cathode-ray tube, Coordinated Universal Time, Dissolution of the Soviet Union, Energia (rocket), Expendable launch system, Final approach, Guinness World Records, Kristall, Kvant-1, Laminar flow, Launch vehicle, List of Buran missions, Main Missile and Artillery Directorate, MAKS (spacecraft), Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-105, Mir, Molybdenum disilicide, NASA, National Geographic Society, OK-GLI, Paris Air Show, Ptichka, Quartz fiber, RD-0120, RD-170, Reaction control system, Russian State Scientific Center for Robotics and Technical Cybernetics, Serial number, Soviet Union, Space Shuttle, Space Shuttle program, Spacelab, Spaceplane, Specific impulse, Super heavy-lift launch vehicle, Takeoff and landing, Tupolev OOS, Valentin Glushko, Yubileyniy Airport, 2.01 (Buran-class spacecraft), 2.02 (Buran-class spacecraft), 2.03 (Buran-class spacecraft).

  2. 2002 disasters in Kazakhstan
  3. 2002 in Kazakhstan
  4. Aircraft first flown in 1988
  5. Buran-class orbiters
  6. Man-made disasters in Kazakhstan
  7. Partially reusable space launch vehicles
  8. Spacecraft launched by Zenit and Energia rockets
  9. Spacecraft launched in 1988

Antonov An-225 Mriya

The Antonov An-225 Mriya (lit; NATO reporting name: Cossack) was a strategic airlift cargo aircraft designed and produced by the Antonov Design Bureau in the Soviet Union. Buran (spacecraft) and Antonov An-225 Mriya are aircraft first flown in 1988.

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Baikonur Cosmodrome

The Baikonur Cosmodrome is a spaceport operated by Russia within Kazakhstan.

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Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 110

Site 110 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome is a launch facility which was used by the N1 rocket during the late 1960s and early 1970s, and by the Energia rocket during the 1980s.

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Buran programme

The Buran programme (Буран,, "Snowstorm", "Blizzard"), also known as the "VKK Space Orbiter programme" (lit), was a Soviet and later Russian reusable spacecraft project that began in 1974 at the Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute in Moscow and was formally suspended in 1993. Buran (spacecraft) and Buran programme are crewed spacecraft and partially reusable space launch vehicles.

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Canadarm

Canadarm or Canadarm1 (officially Shuttle Remote Manipulator System or SRMS, also SSRMS) is a series of robotic arms that were used on the Space Shuttle orbiters to deploy, manoeuvre, and capture payloads.

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Cathode-ray tube

A cathode-ray tube (CRT) is a vacuum tube containing one or more electron guns, which emit electron beams that are manipulated to display images on a phosphorescent screen.

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Coordinated Universal Time

Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the primary time standard globally used to regulate clocks and time.

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Dissolution of the Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was formally dissolved as a sovereign state and subject of international law on 26 December 1991 by Declaration № 142-Н of the Soviet of the Republics of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union.

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Energia (rocket)

Energia (Energy; GRAU 11K25) was a 1980s super-heavy lift launch vehicle. Buran (spacecraft) and Energia (rocket) are Soviet inventions.

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Expendable launch system

An expendable launch system (or expendable launch vehicle/ELV) is a launch vehicle that can be launched only once, after which its components are either destroyed during reentry or discarded in space.

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Final approach

In aeronautics, the final approach (also called the final leg and final approach leg) is the last leg in an aircraft's approach to landing, when the aircraft is lined up with the runway and descending for landing.

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Guinness World Records

Guinness World Records, known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a British reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world.

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Kristall

The Kristall (Crystal) (77KST, TsM-T, 11F77T) module was the fourth module and the third major addition to Mir.

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Kvant-1

Kvant-1 (Квант-1; English: Quantum-I/1) (37KE) was the first module to be attached in 1987 to the Mir Core Module, which formed the core of the Soviet space station Mir.

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Laminar flow

Laminar flow is the property of fluid particles in fluid dynamics to follow smooth paths in layers, with each layer moving smoothly past the adjacent layers with little or no mixing.

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Launch vehicle

A launch vehicle is typically a rocket-powered vehicle designed to carry a payload (a crewed spacecraft or satellites) from Earth's surface or lower atmosphere to outer space.

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List of Buran missions

The Buran programme was an attempt by the Soviet Union to construct an orbital spaceplane to perform similar functions to the Space Shuttle.

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Main Missile and Artillery Directorate

The Main Missile and Artillery Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, commonly referred to by its transliterated Russian acronym GRAU, is a department of the Russian Ministry of Defense.

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MAKS (spacecraft)

The MAKS (Multipurpose aerospace system) (Russian: МАКС (Многоцелевая авиационно-космическая система)) is a Soviet air-launched orbiter reusable launch system project that was proposed in 1988, but cancelled in 1991.

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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-105

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-105, part of the Spiral program, was a crewed test vehicle to explore low-speed handling and landing.

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Mir

Mir (Мир) was a space station that operated in low Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001, operated by the Soviet Union and later by the Russian Federation. Buran (spacecraft) and Mir are crewed spacecraft.

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Molybdenum disilicide

Molybdenum disilicide (MoSi2, or molybdenum silicide), an intermetallic compound, a silicide of molybdenum, is a refractory ceramic with primary use in heating elements.

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NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.

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National Geographic Society

The National Geographic Society (NGS), headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, is one of the largest nonprofit scientific and educational organizations in the world.

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OK-GLI

The OK-GLI (lit), also known as Buran Analog BTS-02 (lit), was a Soviet atmospheric test vehicle ("Buran aerodynamic analogue") of the orbital Buran spacecraft. Buran (spacecraft) and oK-GLI are Buran-class orbiters.

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Paris Air Show

The Paris Air Show (Salon international de l'aéronautique et de l'espace de Paris-Le Bourget, Salon du Bourget) is a trade fair and air show held in odd years at Paris–Le Bourget Airport in France.

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Ptichka

2K (GRAU index serial number 11F35 2K, NPO Molniya airframe number 1.02), often referred to as Ptichka (Птичка, "little bird", although this was also a nickname for all orbiters in the programme), is the second Buran-class orbiter, produced as part of the Soviet/Russian Buran programme. Buran (spacecraft) and Ptichka are Buran-class orbiters.

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Quartz fiber

Quartz fiber is a fiber created from high-purity quartz crystals.

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RD-0120

The Soviet RD-0120 (also designated 11D122) was the Energia core rocket engine, fueled by 2/LOX, roughly equivalent to the Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME). Buran (spacecraft) and rD-0120 are Soviet inventions.

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RD-170

The RD-170 is the world's most powerful and heaviest liquid-fuel rocket engine. Buran (spacecraft) and rD-170 are Soviet inventions.

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Reaction control system

A reaction control system (RCS) is a spacecraft system that uses thrusters to provide attitude control and translation.

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Russian State Scientific Center for Robotics and Technical Cybernetics

The Russian State Scientific Center for Robotics and Technical Cybernetics (RTC; ЦНИИ робототехники и технической кибернетики) is one of the leading research institutes in Russia.

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Serial number

A serial number is a unique identifier used to uniquely identify an item, and is usually assigned incrementally or sequentially.

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Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.

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Space Shuttle

The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program. Buran (spacecraft) and space Shuttle are crewed spacecraft and partially reusable space launch vehicles.

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Space Shuttle program

The Space Shuttle program was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished routine transportation for Earth-to-orbit crew and cargo from 1981 to 2011.

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Spacelab

Spacelab was a reusable laboratory developed by European Space Agency (ESA) and used on certain spaceflights flown by the Space Shuttle.

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Spaceplane

A spaceplane is a vehicle that can fly and glide like an aircraft in Earth's atmosphere and maneuver like a spacecraft in outer space.

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Specific impulse

Specific impulse (usually abbreviated) is a measure of how efficiently a reaction mass engine, such as a rocket using propellant or a jet engine using fuel, generates thrust.

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Super heavy-lift launch vehicle

A super heavy-lift launch vehicle is a rocket that can lift to low Earth orbit a "super heavy payload", which is defined as more than by the United States and as more than by Russia.

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Takeoff and landing

Aircraft have different ways to take off and land.

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Tupolev OOS

The Tupolev OOS was a Soviet concept for an air-launched, single-stage-to-orbit spaceplane.

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Valentin Glushko

Valentin Petrovich Glushko (Валенти́н Петро́вич Глушко́; Valentyn Petrovych Hlushko; born 2 September 1908 – 10 January 1989) was a Soviet engineer who was program manager of the Soviet space program from 1974 until 1989.

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Yubileyniy Airport

Yubileyniy is an airport in Kyzylorda Oblast, Kazakhstan.

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2.01 (Buran-class spacecraft)

2.01 (GRAU index serial number 11F35 3K) is the designation of the third Buran-class orbiter to be produced as part of the Soviet/Russian Buran programme. Buran (spacecraft) and 2.01 (Buran-class spacecraft) are Buran-class orbiters.

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2.02 (Buran-class spacecraft)

2.02 (GRAU index serial number 11F35 4K) is the designation of the fourth built Soviet/Russian Buran-class orbiter to be produced as part of the Buran programme. Buran (spacecraft) and 2.02 (Buran-class spacecraft) are Buran-class orbiters.

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2.03 (Buran-class spacecraft)

2.03 (GRAU index serial number 11F35 5K) is the designation of the fifth Soviet/Russian Buran-class orbiter to be produced as part of the Buran programme. Buran (spacecraft) and 2.03 (Buran-class spacecraft) are Buran-class orbiters.

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See also

2002 disasters in Kazakhstan

2002 in Kazakhstan

Aircraft first flown in 1988

Buran-class orbiters

Man-made disasters in Kazakhstan

Partially reusable space launch vehicles

Spacecraft launched by Zenit and Energia rockets

Spacecraft launched in 1988

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buran_(spacecraft)

Also known as 1.01 (Buran-class spacecraft), 1K1, Buran (Buran-class spacecraft), Buran 1K1, Buran Shuttle, Buran space shuttle, Buran spacecraft, First flight of Shuttle Buran, Russian space shuttle, Shuttle 1.01, Shuttle Buran, Soviet space shuttle, Space Shuttle Buran, Буран.