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Blog news

-The Mriya is destroyed.
-Shipping of Buran-KS to Sotchi.
-Antonov is no more.
-Buran is now a museum.
-New pictures of the blogger Ralph Mirebs.

Orbital space-plane's mains characteristics

Characteristic Value
Body
Length, m 8
Wingspan (spreaded wings), m 4
Nose's curvative radius, m 1.5
Lifting body's surface, m² 24
Cockpit's surface, m² 2.8
Nose's inclinaison 74°20'
Wings
Wings's surface, m² 2 x 33
Lengthening, m 1.91
Narrowing, m 3.11
Inclinaison along the leading edge, ° 55
Elevons's surface, m² 1.83
Vertical stabilizer
Surface, m² 1.7
Lengthening, m 2.06
Narrowing, m 2.38
Rudder's clearance, ° 60
Rudder's surface, m² 0.44
Windows
Surface, m² 2 x 1.785