Energia

Russian rocket, first flown in 1987. It's made of two stages, the first on being composed of four strap-on boosters (kerosene & liquid oxygen). The second stage it's the core itself (liquid hydrogen & liquid oxygen). Its launch sites are at Baikonur.

Payload:

• 95-100 tons to 51-degree LEO
• 18 tons to GEO
• 32 tons to the lunar transfer
• 28 tons to Venus and Mars

Payloads: Buran and Polus.

External links and references

• S.P. Korolev Rocket & Space Corporation - the constructor
• Energia at Russian Space Web