Energia

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What Wikipedia says

Energia (Russian: Энергия, romanized: Energiya, lit. 'Energy'; GRAU: 11K25, Sheldon: K-1, DoD: SL-17) was a 1980s super-heavy lift launch vehicle. It was designed by NPO Energia of the Soviet Union as part of the Buran programme for a variety of payloads including the Buran spacecraft.

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