ORBITER NAME: OK-TVI
CONSTRUCTION DATE: ?
SPACE FLIGHTS: NONE (STATIC TEST MODEL)
CURRENT LOCATION: ?
STATUS: RETIRED TEST MOCK-UP
OK-TVI is another of the static test Burans about which relatively little is known.
OK-TVI was used for environmental chamber heat/vacuum tests. This was tested in all thermal regimes, including abort, vacuum of down to 1.33 x 10^-3 torr. The 700 square metre chamber had 132 square metres of sun lamps for solar radiation simulation.
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