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Strategic Rocket ForcesLaunch SuccessfulEarth ScienceStart-1
Launched 1997-12-24 13:32:52 UTC5, Svobodny Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Success
Reached Low Earth Orbit
Worldwide
88th
orbital launch attempt in 1997
Strategic Rocket Forces
5th
launch this year
5
2nd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
295 d 11 h
since the pad's previous launch
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.
The Strategic Rocket Forces of the Russian Federation are a separate-troops branch of the Russian Armed Forces that control Russia's land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs).
Launches
15
Successful
12
80%
Upcoming
0
scheduled
Height
22.7m
Diameter
1.6m
To low Earth orbit
632kg
Liftoff thrust
887kN
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