Launch (rocket)

The start was a Russian carrier rocket , which based on the ICBM SS-25 was developed ( "Topol").

A distinction is made between the types Start, Start-1 and Start-1.2. The Start-1 had four rocket stages, the Start and Start-1.2, however, five, with the Start-1 the second stage was doubled. The missile used solid fuel for all stages. The payload in a low Earth orbit (400 kilometers) was around 500 kilograms for launch 1 and 570 kilograms for launch. Both versions of the missile had a maximum diameter of 1.8 meters. The Start-1 was 22.7 meters high and had a launch mass of 47 tons. The larger Start model was 28.8 meters high and had a launch mass of 60 tons

The rockets were launched from the Plesetsk and Svobodny cosmodromes in a mobile launcher . The only flight of the Start model failed in 1995, the Start-1 completed six missions from 1993 to 2006.

Start list

This is a full launch rocket launch list.

Serial No.	Date ( UTC )	Type	Launch site	payload	Type of payload	Payload mass	orbit	Remarks
01	March 24, 1993	Start-1	Plesetsk 158	EKA 1	Dummy	?	?	success
02	March 28, 1995	begin	Plesetsk 158	UNAMSAT-A Techsat 1 , EKA 2	Amateur radio satellite Dummy amateur radio satellite	?	?	Failure to separate the fourth and fifth stages did not occur
03	March 4, 1997	Start-1.2	Svobodny 5	Seja	military satellite	87 kg	?	success
04th	Dec 24, 1997	Start-1	Svobodny 5	Earlybird 1	Earth observation satellite	317 kg	SSO	success
05	Dec 6, 2000	Start-1	Svobodny 5	EROS-A 1	Earth observation satellite	250 kg	SSO	success
06th	Feb 20, 2001	Start-1	Svobodny 5	Odin	Space telescope	250 kg	SSO	success
07th	April 25, 2006	Start-1	Svobodny 5	EROS-B	Earth observation satellite	350 kg	SSO	success

Web links

• Topol in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)
• Start on Gunter's Space Page
• Start-1 launches satellite on YouTube