NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Suborbital
Success

BOR-3 n°301

Launch Time
Thu May 24, 1973 03:50 UTC

First flight of the BOR-3 shuttle.

Rocket

K65M-RB5
RVSN USSR
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 1,486 kN
Payload to LEO: 1,300 kg
Payload to GTO: 0 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 26.0 m
Fairing Diameter: 2.44 m
Fairing Height: 5.72 m

Mission Details

BOR-3 n°301

The BOR shuttle program was created with the aim of developing an orbital military combat aircraft named Spiral, equivalent to the American project X-20 Dyna Soar.
The shuttles after their flight are recovered at sea.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 800.0 kg
Suborbital

Location

Site 86/1, Kapustin Yar, Russia

Stats

Cosmos-3

86th mission
4th mission of 1973
75th successful mission
8th consecutive successful mission