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A Russian Start-1 rocket that was launched from the Svobodny space center at 11:48 a.m. Moscow time on Tuesday put a Swedish Odin-1 satellite into the intended circular, solar-synchronous orbit at an altitude of 625.7 km at 12:05 p.m. Moscow time, the press service of Russia's strategic missile forces told Interfax. This is the fourth launch of the light Start-1 carrier rocket from Russia's newest launch center, which is located in the Far East. The rocket was launched by a strategic missile forces crew from a Topol mobile military launch system. The Start-1 was developed on the basis of the Topol intercontinental ballistic missile under a conversion program in the early 1990s at the Kompleks-MIT research center at the Moscow Institute of Thermal Engineering. The Odin-1 satellite will conduct astronomic and atmospheric research. Swedish experts reckon this research could shed light on the problem of ozone holes in the Earth's atmosphere. The 242-kg satellite has an expected service life of two years. The Start-1, which is 22.9 meters long and has a maximum diameter of 1.8 meters, weighs about 50 tonnes at takeoff and can carry a payload of up to 400 kg to a low orbit of 400 to 800 km. The Topol ICBM was first launched in February 1983. It remains on active duty in Russia's strategic missile forces.
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Israeli Microsat Shipped To Svobodny For Topol Launch
Moscow (Interfax) Nov. 16, 2000Preparations for the launch of the first Israeli satellite are nearly complete at Svobodny space center in Amur region. The satellite will arrive at the launch site from Israel in the next few days and will be launched within a month by the Start-1 launcher based on the Topol ICBM |
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