BOR-2
In 1973 the VPK initiated the BOR (Bespilotniye Orbitalniye Raketoplan) program to investigate the hypersonic aerodynamic characteristics of lifting-body and heat shield materials for the crewed Spiral lifting body spacecraft.
1:3 and 1:2 subscale models of the Spiral were built, which had, unlike the full-scale model, fixed wings and were designated BOR (unpiloted orbital rocketplane). BOR-1, BOR-2, and BOR-3 were increasingly sophisticated models of the configuration, flown on suborbital trajectories.
The vehicles were launched on K63D boosters from the Vladimirovska Poligon south of Kapustin Yar.
Nation: | USSR |
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Type / Application: | Spacecraft technology |
Operator: | |
Contractors: | Molniya |
Equipment: | |
Configuration: | Lifting body with folding wings |
Propulsion: | |
Power: | Batteries |
Lifetime: | |
Mass: | |
Orbit: | Suborbital |
Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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BOR-2 №101 | N/A | 06.12.1969 | Vla | * | K63D | |
BOR-2 №102 | N/A | 31.07.1970 | Vla | * | K63D | |
BOR-2 №103 | N/A | 22.04.1971 | Vla | * | K63D | |
BOR-2 №104 | N/A | 08.02.1972 | Vla | * | K63D |
* = suborbital