OK-ML1

OK-ML1, Product 0.04 ( 4M, 11F35 ML1 ) - a full-scale mock-up of the Buran orbiter, used for overall and weight fitting tests. It was delivered to the Baikonur Cosmodrome in December 1983 .

OK-ML1
Product 0.04 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in 2007
A country:	the USSR
Appointment:	Layout for dimensional and weight fitting tests
Manufacturer:	NGO Lightning
Status:	In the museum

External Images
	OK-ML1 October 20, 2002

After the cessation of work, the prototype was located at the Baikonur Cosmodrome , in an open area for fire tests near the assembly and testing building (platform No. 254). In January 2007 , after looting , OK-ML1 was transported to an open area No. 2 using a transport unit and placed in a guarded parking lot next to the Cosmodrome Museum. The model was given the appearance of a “Buran” flying into space ^[1] .

Tasks

The layout was used for ^[2] :

• fitting technological equipment as part of a launch vehicle (LV) at a technical position;
• integrated testing technology preparation for flight tests;
• integrated development of prelaunch technology at the launch complex.