aglooka wrote in news:c986s4d2rggvg1ob7t2ulcvttss1br670r@
4ax.com:

On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:22:05 -0800, "Matt Wiser"
wrote:

Energia put Mir up (over several launches).

Afaik, The Energia was only used for 2 launches: one put the Buran
into orbit and one carried the secret Polyus "combat" satellite.

The Mir was luanched using Proton.

I didn't think the Buran ever flew. I thought it was just a showpiece so
they could boast that they were keeping up with the west, much like the
latest moonshot plans.