Energia Heavy Launch Vehicle
Energia was the Soviet super-heavy launch vehicle developed for large orbital payloads and the Buran reusable orbiter. The two-stage side-mounted-payload architecture used four RD-170-powered strap-on boosters around a hydrogen-fueled core with four RD-0120 engines and flew twice, in 1987 and 1988.
Identity
- Aliases
- EnergiyaЭнергия11K25 Energia
- Family Name
- Energia
- Full Name
- Energia Heavy Launch Vehicle
- Reusability
- expendable
- Slug
- energia-heavy-launch-vehicle
- Status
- retired
- Type
- rocket
Details
- Description
- Energia was the Soviet super-heavy launch vehicle developed for large orbital payloads and the Buran reusable orbiter. The two-stage side-mounted-payload architecture used four RD-170-powered strap-on boosters around a hydrogen-fueled core with four RD-0120 engines and flew twice, in 1987 and 1988.
- Diameter M
- 17.65
- Engines
- Count
- 4
- Name
- RD-170
- Placement
- booster
- Count
- 4
- Name
- RD-0120
- Placement
- core
- First Flight Year
- 1,987
- Height M
- 58.765
- Last Flight Year
- 1,988
- Liftoff Mass Kg
- 2,400,000
- Payload Capacity Kg
- Leo
- 100,000
- Stages Count
- 2
- Strap On Boosters Count
- 4
Links
- Wikipedia Url
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energia_(rocket)
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- 7/13/2026, 10:29:30 AM
- Updated Time
- 7/13/2026, 10:29:30 AM