In article 02,
Bluuuue Rajah Bluuuuue@Rajah. wrote:

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.

There was at least one unmanned flight, 15 Nov. 1988. Then the project
funding was cut back, and officially ended in 1993.