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Stankiavicius

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Stankiavicius, Rimantas Antanas-Antonovich (1944-1990) Lithuanian test pilot cosmonaut, 1977-1990. Buran Test Pilot, died in crash of a Su-27 fighter at an air show at Treviso, Italy.

Birth Place: Kapsukas.
Status: Deceased.
Born: 1944.07.26.
Died: 1990.09.09.

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Associated Countries

• Lithuania Lithuania More...

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See also

• Buran Group - 1978 Requirement: test pilot for the Buran program. More...

• Cosmonaut Category of persons who have been trained for spaceflight in Russia. More...

• MAP Group 1 - 1981 Requirement: test pilots for Buran spaceplane More...

• Test Pilot Category of persons. More...

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Associated Flights

• Soyuz TM-8A Crew: Afanasyev, Sevastyanov, Stankiavicius. Planned flight to ensure continuous occupation cancelled due to budget cutbacks and delay in launching Kvant 2 and Kristall modules. More...

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Associated Manufacturers and Agencies

• VVS Russian air force. More...

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Stankiavicius Chronology

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1984 December 29 - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur Jubilee.

• Buran Analog BST-02 taxi test 1 - . Crew: Stankiavicius; Volk. Nation: USSR. Related Persons: Stankiavicius; Volk. Program: Buran. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Spacecraft: Buran Analogue. Summary: Maximum speed 45 kph. Time 5 minutes. Thereafter to PRSO test stand for full-scale equipment tests; then to PDST pilot-dynamics test stand for further tests..

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1985 August 2 - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur Jubilee.

• Buran Analog BST-02 taxi test 2 - . Crew: Stankiavicius; Volk. Nation: USSR. Related Persons: Stankiavicius; Volk. Program: Buran. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Spacecraft: Buran Analogue. Summary: Maximum speed 200 kph. Time 14 minutes..

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1985 October 5 - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur Jubilee.

• Buran Analog BST-02 taxi test 3 - . Crew: Stankiavicius; Volk. Nation: USSR. Related Persons: Stankiavicius; Volk. Program: Buran. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Spacecraft: Buran Analogue. Summary: Maximum speed 270 kph. Time 12 minutes..

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1985 October 15 - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur Jubilee.

• Buran Analog BST-02 taxi test 4 - . Crew: Stankiavicius; Volk. Nation: USSR. Related Persons: Stankiavicius; Volk. Program: Buran. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Spacecraft: Buran Analogue. Summary: Maximum speed 300 kph..

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1985 November 10 - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur Jubilee.

• Buran Analog BST-02 flight 1 - . Crew: Stankiavicius; Volk. Nation: USSR. Related Persons: Stankiavicius; Volk. Program: Buran. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Spacecraft: Buran Analogue. Summary: Maximum speed 480 kph. Maximum altitude 1500 m. Time 12 minutes..

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1985 November 15 - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur Jubilee.

• Buran Analog BST-02 taxi test 5 - . Crew: Stankiavicius; Volk. Nation: USSR. Related Persons: Stankiavicius; Volk. Program: Buran. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Spacecraft: Buran Analogue. Summary: Maximum speed 170 kph. Time 12 minutes..

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1986 January 3 - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur Jubilee.

• Buran Analog BST-02 flight 2 - . Crew: Stankiavicius; Volk. Nation: USSR. Related Persons: Stankiavicius; Volk. Program: Buran. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Spacecraft: Buran Analogue. Summary: Maximum speed 520 kph. Maximum altitude 3000 m. Time 36 minutes..

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1986 May 27 - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur Jubilee.

• Buran Analog BST-02 flight 3 - . Crew: Stankiavicius; Volk. Nation: USSR. Related Persons: Stankiavicius; Volk. Program: Buran. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Spacecraft: Buran Analogue. Summary: Maximum speed 540 kph. Maximum altitude 4000 m. Time 23 minutes..

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1986 June 11 - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur Jubilee.

• Buran Analog BST-02 flight 4 - . Crew: Stankiavicius; Volk. Nation: USSR. Related Persons: Stankiavicius; Volk. Program: Buran. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Spacecraft: Buran Analogue. Summary: Maximum speed 530 kph. Maximum altitude 4000 m. Time 22 minutes..

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1986 December 10 - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur Jubilee.

• Buran Analog BST-02 flight 7 - . Crew: Stankiavicius; Volk. Nation: USSR. Related Persons: Stankiavicius; Volk. Program: Buran. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Spacecraft: Buran Analogue. Summary: First automatic landing from 4000 m altitude. Time 24 minutes..

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1986 December 23 - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur Jubilee.

• Buran Analog BST-02 flight 8 - . Crew: Stankiavicius; Volk. Nation: USSR. Related Persons: Stankiavicius; Volk. Program: Buran. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Spacecraft: Buran Analogue. Summary: Time 17 minutes..

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1987 February 16 - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur Jubilee.

• Buran Analog BST-02 flight 10 - . Crew: Stankiavicius; Volk. Nation: USSR. Related Persons: Stankiavicius; Volk. Program: Buran. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Spacecraft: Buran Analogue. Summary: Time 28 minutes..

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1987 February 25 - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur Jubilee.

• Buran Analog BST-02 flight 11 - . Crew: Stankiavicius; Volk. Nation: USSR. Related Persons: Stankiavicius; Volk. Program: Buran. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Spacecraft: Buran Analogue. Summary: Time 19 minutes..

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1987 June 25 - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur Jubilee.

• Buran Analog BST-02 flight 13 - . Crew: Stankiavicius; Volk. Nation: USSR. Related Persons: Stankiavicius; Volk. Program: Buran. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Spacecraft: Buran Analogue. Summary: Time 19 minutes..

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1988 January 16 - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur Jubilee.

• Buran Analog BST-02 flight 16 - . Crew: Stankiavicius; Volk. Nation: USSR. Related Persons: Stankiavicius; Volk. Program: Buran. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Spacecraft: Buran Analogue.

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1988 March 4 - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur Jubilee.

• Buran Analog BST-02 flight 19 - . Crew: Stankiavicius; Volk. Nation: USSR. Related Persons: Stankiavicius; Volk. Program: Buran. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Spacecraft: Buran Analogue. Summary: Time 32 minutes..

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1988 April 2 - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur Jubilee.

• Buran Analog BST-02 flight 23 - . Crew: Shchukin; Stankiavicius. Nation: USSR. Related Persons: Shchukin; Stankiavicius. Program: Buran. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Spacecraft: Buran Analogue. Summary: Time 20 minutes..

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1988 April 8 - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur Jubilee.

• Buran Analog BST-02 flight 24 - . Crew: Shchukin; Stankiavicius. Nation: USSR. Related Persons: Shchukin; Stankiavicius. Program: Buran. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Spacecraft: Buran Analogue.

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1988 April 15 - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur Jubilee.

• Buran Analog BST-02 flight 25 - . Crew: Stankiavicius; Volk. Nation: USSR. Related Persons: Stankiavicius; Volk. Program: Buran. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Spacecraft: Buran Analogue. Summary: Time 19 minutes. Final Buran Analog flight test. At the same time development of the auto-land system aboard the Tu-154 test bed is completed as well..

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1989 April - .

• Soyuz TM-8A (cancelled) - . Crew: Afanasyev; Sevastyanov; Stankiavicius. Mass: 7,150 kg (15,760 lb). Nation: USSR. Related Persons: Afanasyev; Sevastyanov; Stankiavicius. Program: Mir. Flight: Soyuz TM-8A. Spacecraft: Soyuz TM. Summary: Planned flight to ensure continuous occupation cancelled due to budget cutbacks and delay in launching Kvant 2 and Kristall modules..

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1989 December 29 - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur Jubilee.

• Buran Analog BST-02 taxi test 9 - . Crew: Stankiavicius; Zabolotski. Nation: USSR. Related Persons: Stankiavicius; Zabolotski. Program: Buran. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Spacecraft: Buran Analogue.

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1990 September 9 - .

• Cosmonaut Rimantas Antanas-Antonovich Stankiavicius dies at age of 46 -- Crash of Su-27 fighter at air show at Treviso, Italy. - . Nation: USSR. Related Persons: Stankiavicius. Summary: Lithuanian test pilot cosmonaut, 1977-1990. Buran Test Pilot, Died 9/9/90..

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