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Launch Complex: LC158.
Plesetsk. Latitude: 63.0550 deg. Longitude: 41.0794 deg. Used by: Topol. First Launch: 1993-03-25. Last Launch: 1995-03-28. Number Launches: 2.

LC158 Chronology

1993 March 25 - 13:15 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Topol. Start-1 Mass: 260 kg (570 lb). Spacecraft: Start. Agency: MO RF. 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.

1995 March 28 - 10:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Topol. FAILURE: Fell in Sea of Okhotsk. Gurwin 1 Mass: 50 kg (110 lb). Spacecraft: Gurwin. Agency: RVSN.


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