Launch vehicle Energia
Components
LV Energia with the transportation container
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LV Energia with the Orbiter Buran
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The two-stage LV Energia of a package design using a parallel arrangement of stages and a backside accommodation of payload,
has four strap-on boosters of stage I (boosters A) arranged around stage II (core stage TS). LV is installed on a pre-launch
integration adapter (YA) serving to mate mechanical, pneudraulic, and electric connections between LV and the launch pad and
the ground support equipment for pre-launch processing. The pre-launch integration adapter serves in the capacity
of a support structure element during transportation and assembling. After a launch, the pre-launch integration adapter
remains on the launch pad and can be re-used.
Principal characteristics of LV Energia |
Launch mass, t
including Orbiter (PL) mass
Propellant:
Stage II (TS)
Stage A
LV overall dimensions , m:
height
width
Stage II (TS):
length
diameter
Stage A:
length
diameter
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2400
105
oxygen-hydrogen
oxygen-kerosene
60
18
58,1
7,7
38,3
3,9
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