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Energiya

Rocket file · LV-314

Energiya

Energia · Energiya · RETIRED

Photograph: Sayanesy · CC0 1.0 · licence

Energiya is an expendable launch vehicle built by Energia. It stands 97.0 m tall, lifts 88,000 kg to low Earth orbit, first flew on 15 May 1987. It has flown 1 times with 0 successes, a success rate of 0.0%. It has nothing on the Launch Library 2 schedule right now.

Specification

Vehicle spec sheet

ON FILE
Height97.0 m
Diameter17.6 m
Payload to LEO88,000 kg
Payload to GTONOT ON FILE
Maiden flight15 May 1987
ReusableNo, expendable
Launch costNOT ON FILE
StatusRETIRED

As listed by Launch Library 2. The cost is Launch Library’s figure, not a quoted price. Figures for rockets outside the sixty most-flown were last read on 2026-11-05.

Flight record

Reliability

ON RECORD
Total flights1
Successful0
Failed1
Success rate0.0%
Landing attempts0
Landing successN/A
Scheduled0

About 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.

Upcoming flights

Manifest

EMPTY

Energiya is retired, and no flight is filed.

All upcoming launches

From NASA's public image library and Wikimedia Commons. Each photo shows the credit its licence asks for and links back to where it came from.

ISS Phase One Activities and Manufacturing in Russia, France and Italy
ISS Phase One Activities and Manufacturing in Russia, France and ItalyNASA / JSC · public domainNASA ↗
Energy Arc (central electrode of a Plasma Lamp)
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Challenger explosion
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Common questions

How many times has Energiya flown?
1 times, with 0 successes and 1 failures.
What is Energiya's success rate?
0.0%. That's 0 successful flights out of 1 attempts.
How much can Energiya lift to orbit?
Launch Library 2 lists Energiya at 88,000 kg to low Earth orbit.
Is Energiya reusable?
No. Launch Library 2 lists Energiya as expendable, so no stage is recovered to fly again.