LAUNCH CENTER

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Tue Mar 04 1997

Strategic Rocket Forces

Zeya

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RECOVERY OVERVIEW

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Rocket Details

Name:

Start-1.2

Description:

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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