OK-GLI
Sign in to saveAlso known as OK-ML-2, OK-ML2, BTS-002, Buran 2M, 2M, Buran 0.02, 0.02
The OK-GLI (), also known as Buran Analog BTS-02 (), was a Soviet atmospheric test vehicle ("Buran aerodynamic analogue") of the orbital Buran spacecraft. It was constructed for the Buran programme in 1984, and was used for 25 test flights between 1985 and 1988 before being retired.
Key facts
- Space shuttle.name
- OK-GLIBTS-02
- Space shuttle.image
- OK-GLI Technik Museum Speyer 2008 12.JPG
- Space shuttle.image_size
- 300px
- Space shuttle.caption
- Atmospheric Buran testbed currently on display in Technik Museum Speyer
- Space shuttle.country
- Soviet Union
- Space shuttle.number
- OK-0.02
- Space shuttle.first_flight
- Flight 1
- Space shuttle.first_date
- 10 November 1985
- Space shuttle.last_flight
- Flight 25
- Space shuttle.last_date
- 15 April 1988
- Space shuttle.missions
- 25 test flights
- Space shuttle.status
- At the Technik Museum Speyer, Germany
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Construction
- Test flights
- Post-retirement
- Zhukovsky Air Base
- Sydney, Australia
- Bahrain
- Technik Museum Speyer, Germany
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
The OK-GLI (), also known as Buran Analog BTS-02 (), was a Soviet atmospheric test vehicle ("Buran aerodynamic analogue") of the orbital Buran spacecraft. It was constructed for the Buran programme in 1984, and was used for 25 test flights between 1985 and 1988 before being retired.
The aircraft was subsequently put on exhibit in Australia (2000), Bahrain (2002) and since 2008 has been on exhibit at the Technik Museum Speyer in Germany.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “OK-GLI” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.