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Class: Technology. Type: Communications. Destination: Medium Earth Orbit. Nation: Russia. Agency: MO RF.

Experimental satellite carried on test flight of the Start-1 carrier rocket, a new booster based on SS-25 ICBM.

Typical orbit: 680 km x 968 km at 76 degrees inclination. Mass: 260 kg (570 lb). Associated Launch Vehicle: Start-1.

Start Chronology

1993 March 25 - Start-1 - Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Vehicle: Topol. Mass: 260 kg (570 lb). Perigee: 681 km (423 mi). Apogee: 964 km (599 mi). Inclination: 75.80 deg. Period: 101.40 min.
Test flight of new booster based on SS-25 ICBM. Full-scale mock-up (actual weight) for the flight-design testing of the Start-1 carrier rocket. Experimental satellite launched by a Start-1 carrier rocket from the Plesetsk launch site.

Bibliography:

McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page (launch records), Harvard University, 1997-present. Web Address when accessed: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.
JPL Mission and Spacecraft Library, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1997. Web Address when accessed: http://msl.jpl.nasa.gov/home.html.
McDowell, Jonathan, Launch Log, October 1998. Web Address when accessed: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~jcm/space/log/launch.html.

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