LV Energia with the transportation container 339x800 (41 753 bytes)

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		LV Energia with the Orbiter Buran 323x800 (41 906 bytes)
Launch mass, t    including Orbiter (PL) mass Propellant:    Stage II (TS)    Stage A Overall dimensions , m: LV:    height    width Stage II (TS):    length    diameter Stage A:    length    diameter	2400 105 oxygen-hydrogen oxygen-kerosene 60 18 58.1 7.7 38.3 3.9