BOR-5

The BOR-5 (БОР-5, «Беспилотный Орбитальный Ракетоплан 5») is a 1:8 sized test flight vehicle, used to study the main aerodynamic, thermal, acoustic and stability characteristics of the Buran. It follows upon the BOR-4 reentry test vehicle.

It was put into a suborbital trajectory by a K65M-RB5 rocket launched from Kapustin Yar, near Volga, towards Lake Balkhash.

Flights


Six flights were made:
 * 4 July 1984 - aborted
 * 5 June 1984 - No. 501
 * 17 April 1985 - No. 502
 * 27 December 1986 - No. 503
 * 27 August 1984 - No. 504
 * 22 June 1988 - No. 505

Current locations
Two survivors of the BOR-5 tests are known to exist:
 * BOR-5 No. 502 - Central Air Force Museum, Monino, Russia
 * BOR-5 No. 505 - Technik Museum Speyer, Speyer, Germany