The BOR-5 (russian: БОР-5, «Беспилотный Орбитальный Ракетоплан 5», Bespilotnyi Orbital'nyi Raketoplan 5, lit=Unpiloted Orbital

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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 The BOR-4 (''БОР-4'' russian: Беспилотный Орбитальный Ракетоплан 4, , "Unpiloted Orbital Rocketplane 4") flight vehicle is a scaled (1:2) prototype of the Soviet Spiral VTHL (vertical takeoff, horizontal landin ...

reentry test vehicle. It was put into a suborbital trajectory by a K65M-RB5 rocket launched from

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, near Volga, towards

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Flights

Six flights were made: * 4 July 1984 - aborted * 5 June 1984 - No. 501 *17 April 1985 - No. 502 *27 December 1986 - No. 503 *27 August 1984 - No. 504 *22 June 1988 - No. 505

Current locations

Two survivors of the BOR-5 tests are known to exist: *BOR-5 No. 502 - Central Air Force Museum,

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, Russia *BOR-5 No. 505 -

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, Germany

References

External links

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BOR family page
at Buran-Energia.com Buran program Crewed spacecraft Spacecraft launched in 1984 {{USSR-spacecraft-stub