LAUNCH CENTER
Success
Tue Mar 04 1997
Strategic Rocket Forces
Zeya
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RECOVERY OVERVIEW
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Rocket Details
Name:
Start-1.2Description:
Start-1 is a Russian satellite launch vehicle based on the RT-2PM Topol, a Soviet intercontinental ballistic missile developed by Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology.
MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type: Navigation
- The Mozhayets 2 (Zeya, RS 16) satellite was a Russian Military experimental communications satellite launched on 4 March 1997. Zeya was named after the Zeya River, which is very close to its launch site, Cosmodrome Svobodniy. A Start-1.2 rocket transported it into orbit. This was the first satellite launched from this new Russian launch site in far eastern Russia.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Svobodny Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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