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OK-ML1 before installation on the VM-T Atlant.

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okml1 zhuk.jpg The Universal Test Stand and Launch Complex (UKSS) at site 250.ThumbnailsOK-ML1 being installed on the VM-T Atlant.The Universal Test Stand and Launch Complex (UKSS) at site 250.ThumbnailsOK-ML1 being installed on the VM-T Atlant.

"Spaceship Buran is mounted onto a transportation plane to be taken to the technological department of Baikonur spaceport."

(Note: the orbiter in the photo is OK-ML1, a test article)

"The Energia Blasts Off", Mashinostroyeniye, 1990
Processing by The Energia-Buran Archive