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Energia

  1. Energia booster
    Energia booster attached to Buran
    A Russian aerospace company, known previously as Energia NPO, and now as Energia Rocket & Space Corporation.

  2. The booster for the Soviet Buran space shuttle, mothballed indefinitely in 1988.

  3. A heavy launcher, Energia-M, proposed by Energia NPO as a derivative of the Buran launcher capable of delivering 30-34 tons to low Earth orbit but placed on hold through lack of financing and competition from the Angara project.

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   • ROCKETS, MISSILES, AND LAUNCH VEHICLES
   • RUSSIAN LAUNCH VEHICLES


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