"Gavin Mendeck" wrote:
One is the Russian Energia rocket which was also used to lift the Russian
shuttle, Buran, into LEO. It has a capacity around 100 metric tons. The
production line is pretty cold, but its a possibility. The downside is that
you're launching from Balkinour, so your orbit inclination is at least 51
degrees. A launch site closer to the equator would allow the Energia to
loft a slightly larger payload into orbit. (I seem to remember the Russians
and Australians recently involved in discussions for using Christmas Island
as a potential launch site for mcuh smaller launchers.)

The even bigger downside is that you're launching from the *past*.
So invent that time machine quickly (or make a note to your future
self to drop off a time machine for you in the present). Energia
and Buran are dead, dead, dead. Dead. You could as soon buy a
Saturn V launch as an Energia launch. Probably sooner, actually.