Start-1

In-active

Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology (MITT)

March 25, 1993

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.

Specifications
  • Stages
    4
  • Length
    22.7 m
  • Diameter
    1.61 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    1.61 m
  • Launch Mass
    47 T
  • Thrust
    887 kN
Family
  • Name
    Start-1
  • Family
  • Variant
    1
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Start-1
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
    $9000000
  • Low Earth Orbit
    632 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology

Commercial
None
MITT

Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology is a Russian (formerly Soviet) engineering and scientific research institute founded on May 13, 1946. The institute is located in the Otradnoye District in the north of Moscow. Previously, it was primarily focused on developing ballistic missiles and rockets to increase the nation's strategic deterrent capability. Today it is also involved in civilian projects and has modified some of its intercontinental ballistic missiles into launch vehicles to be used for satellites.

Start-1 | EROS B

Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology | Russia
Svobodny Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 25, 2006, 4:47 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

In order to address market demand for faster revisit of EROS (Earth Resources Observation Systems B) satellites, ImageSat has purchased the EROS B satellite, which is scheduled for launch during the first quarter of 2006. Similar in appearance to EROS A, the new satellite has superior capabilities, including a larger camera of CCD/TDI type (Charge Coupled Device/Time Delay Integration), with standard panchromatic resolution of 0.70 m at an altitude of about 500 km, a larger on-board recorder, improved pointing accuracy and a faster data communication link.

Low Earth Orbit
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Start-1 | Odin

Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology | Russia
Svobodny Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 20, 2001, 8:48 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Odin is a Swedish satellite working in two disciplines: astrophysics and aeronomy, and it was named after Odin of Norse mythology.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Start-1 | EROS A1

Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology | Russia
Svobodny Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 5, 2000, 12:32 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

EROS A (Earth Resources Observation Systems A) is the first in a constellation of sun-synchronous, polar-orbiting satellites that ImageSat plans to deploy during this decade.

Polar Orbit
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Start-1 | EarlyBird

Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology | Russia
Svobodny Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 24, 1997, 1:32 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

EarlyBird 1, a remote sensing satellite built by CTA Space Systems (now part of Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC)) for EarthWatch, Inc., was to provide high resolution commercial imagery. EarthWatch planed to offer black-and-white images with a resolution as high as 3 meters per pixel, and color images with a resolution of 15 meters per pixel. The imaging sensor was derived from NASA's cancelled Clark satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Start-1 | EKA-1

Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 25, 1993, 1:15 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

EKA 1 and 2 were vehicle evaluation payloads on the maiden flights of the Start-1 and Start launch vehicles.

Low Earth Orbit
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Falcon 9
Success
1 day, 18 hours ago
Starlink Group 8-2
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 20 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Long March 3
Success
2 days, 21 hours ago
ZHTW 1-01
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Zhihui Tianwang 1-01 are 2 experimental Medium Earth Orbit communication satellites in a collaboration between Tsinghua University, SAST and the Shan…


Falcon 9
Success
3 days, 4 hours ago
Starlink Group 6-56
Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

A batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Long March 6C
Success
4 days, 20 hours ago
Maiden Flight
Launch Complex 9A - Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Carried 4 Earth observation satellites to orbit: * Haiwangxing-01, 239 kg X-band SAR satellite built by SAST for Zhihui Space Tech * Zhixing-1C, X-…


Falcon 9
Success
5 days, 5 hours ago
Starlink Group 6-57
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

A batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.