
Rocket file · LV-314
Energiya
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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
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
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
Energiya is retired, and no flight is filed.
All upcoming launchesEnergiya in the archive
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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.
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