![]() Īs of 22 April 2022, the orbiter appears to have been moved to Voenfilm-Medyn cinema complex where it resides currently (August 2022). In July 2017, heat-tiles from orbiter 2.01 were listed online, leading some to believe that the orbiter had been scrapped or otherwise disassembled. It was expected that it would be restored in Zhukovsky and shown at the MAKS 2013 exhibition, but it never appeared at the exhibition. In 2012, it was seen during the Russian Air Force 100th Anniversary Airshow in Zhukovsky. The orbiter was exposed at the show with one side restored. In the night of 22–23 June, it was seen on the Moskva River. On 22 June 2011, during the day the orbiter was put on a barge to be moved to the MAKS 2011 international air show, which took place from 16 to 21 August in Zhukovsky (Moscow region). įrom 2004 the orbiter 2.01 was left under open skies at a car park in Moscow, near Khimki Reservoir. However, the German Museum had actually bought OK-GLI, the jet-powered Buran atmospheric test vehicle, which appeared on display in its own new hangar from September 2008. In 1991, construction of the orbiter was suspended, and in 1993, the Buran program was completely cancelled.Īfter residing at the Tushino factory where it was constructed, it was incorrectly announced in 2006 that orbiter 2.01 would be put on display in the Technik Museum Speyer, Germany. Crew would have consisted of two cosmonauts - Igor Volk (commander) and Aleksandr Ivanchenko (flight engineer). The craft would have been equipped with a life support system and two ejection seats. It was projected in 1989 that orbiter 2.01 would have its first crewed space test flight, 3K1, in 1994, with a duration of twenty-four hours. History Buran flight test Orbiter OK-2.01 Body of 2.01 being towed by barge to Zhukovsky Airfield, 2011 Buran 2.01 in Gromov Flight Research Institute in process of restoration, 2011 Buran 2.01 at the Voenfilm-medyn cinema complex, August 2022 Projected flights Since none of the second series orbiters were completed, only changes in the thermal protection system and OMS thrusters arrangement can be visible on 2.01. Drag chute container was reduced, since it turned out the surface area of the parachutes in the flight of Buran was overabundant.Īfter the Challenger disaster it was decided to limit the crew capacity of the second series of orbiters to four crew members with ejection seats regularly mounted.Payload bay doors radiator design simplified.Thermal protection system arrangement changed.The design was improved using feedback from the earlier models of Buran-class shuttles, such as the flight of Buran and the construction of Ptichka. The 2.01 is the first of a second series of Buran-class orbiters. It was never officially named.ĭifferences from Buran and Ptichka Its construction was not complete when the Buran programme was cancelled (30–50 percent done), so it remains unfinished. 2.01 ( GRAU index serial number 11F35 3K) is the designation of the third Buran-class orbiter to be produced as part of the Soviet/Russian Buran programme.
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