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Russian orbital launch vehicle. Launch vehicle based on decommissioned SS-25 ICBM's (differs from ICBM/basic Start-1 in having second stage used twice, in tandem, for increased payload). Launched from mobile transporter. Liftoff mass 60 metric tons.

AKA: 15Zh58;L-1;RT-2PM;SL-18;Topol. Status: Retired 1995. First Launch: 1995-03-28. Last Launch: 1995-03-28. Number: 1 . Payload: 645 kg (1,421 lb). Thrust: 887.44 kN (199,504 lbf). Gross mass: 60,000 kg (132,000 lb). Height: 28.90 m (94.80 ft). Diameter: 1.61 m (5.28 ft). Apogee: 300 km (180 mi).

LEO Payload: 645 kg (1,421 lb) to a 300 km orbit at 30.00 degrees. Payload: 570 kg (1,250 lb) to a 400 km orbit. Launch Price $: 10.500 million in 1999 dollars.

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Family: orbital launch vehicle. People: Nadiradze. Country: Russia. Spacecraft: Oscar, EKA, Gurwin. Launch Sites: Plesetsk, Plesetsk LC158. Stages: DS engine, MIHT-1, MIHT-2, MIHT-3, MIHT-4.
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The range of launch vehicles derived from decommissioned ballistic missiles offered for sale by Russia after the cold war.
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1995 March 28 - . 10:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Complex: Plesetsk LC158. LV Family: Topol'. Launch Vehicle: Start. FAILURE: Fell in Sea of Okhotsk.. Failed Stage: 3.

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