Energia was a Soviet super-heavy lift launch vehicle of the 1980s, designed by NPO Energia as part of the Buran programme. Four strap-on boosters each burned kerosene and liquid oxygen in a four-chamber RD-170 engine, while the central core stage used four RD-0120 engines fed by liquid hydrogen and oxygen. Payloads rode on the side of the stack, either the Buran orbiter or a cargo container, and it could place about 100 tonnes into low Earth orbit. Energia flew only twice, carrying the Polyus spacecraft in May 1987 and the uncrewed Buran orbiter in November 1988, before the programme ended. Its RD-170 engine family still powers other rockets.
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The Energia was first test-launched on 15 May 1987, with the Polyus spacecraft as the payload.
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was a 1980s super-heavy lift launch vehicle
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The Energia made just two flights before being discontinued
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each powered by a four-chamber RD-170 engine burning kerosene/LOX
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a central core stage with four single-chamber RD-0120 (11D122) engines fueled by liquid hydrogen/LOX
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the most powerful rocket engine to use liquid fuel
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It was designed by NPO Energia of the Soviet Union
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