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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 tonnes.

Launches: 1. Failures: 1. Success Rate: 0.00% pct. First Launch Date: 28 March 1995. Last Launch Date: 28 March 1995. LEO Payload: 645 kg. to: 300 km Orbit. at: 30.0 degrees. Payload: 570 kg. to a: 400 km orbit trajectory. Liftoff Thrust: 90,494 kgf. Total Mass: 60,000 kg. Core Diameter: 1.6 m. Total Length: 28.9 m. Launch Price $: 10.50 million. in 1999 price dollars.

• Stage Number: 1. 1 x Start-1 Gross Mass: 26,000 kg. Empty Mass: 3,000 kg. Thrust (vac): 100,000 kgf. Isp: 263 sec. Burn time: 60 sec. Isp(sl): 238 sec. Diameter: 1.6 m. Span: 1.6 m. Length: 8.5 m. Propellants: Solid No Engines: 1. MIHT-1

• Stage Number: 2. 1 x Start-2 Gross Mass: 13,000 kg. Empty Mass: 1,500 kg. Thrust (vac): 50,000 kgf. Isp: 280 sec. Burn time: 64 sec. Isp(sl): 220 sec. Diameter: 1.6 m. Span: 1.6 m. Length: 6.0 m. Propellants: Solid No Engines: 1. MIHT-2

• Stage Number: 3. 1 x Start-2 Gross Mass: 13,000 kg. Empty Mass: 1,500 kg. Thrust (vac): 50,000 kgf. Isp: 280 sec. Burn time: 64 sec. Isp(sl): 220 sec. Diameter: 1.6 m. Span: 1.6 m. Length: 6.0 m. Propellants: Solid No Engines: 1. MIHT-2

• Stage Number: 4. 1 x Start-3 Gross Mass: 6,000 kg. Empty Mass: 1,000 kg. Thrust (vac): 25,000 kgf. Isp: 280 sec. Burn time: 56 sec. Isp(sl): 220 sec. Diameter: 1.5 m. Span: 1.5 m. Length: 3.0 m. Propellants: Solid No Engines: 1. MIHT-3

• Stage Number: 5. 1 x Start-4 Gross Mass: 1,000 kg. Empty Mass: 300 kg. Thrust (vac): 1,000 kgf. Isp: 295 sec. Burn time: 207 sec. Isp(sl): 0 sec. Diameter: 1.4 m. Span: 1.4 m. Length: 2.5 m. Propellants: Solid No Engines: 1. MIHT-4

• Gurwin 1 Spacecraft: Gurwin. Payload: TECHSAT-1. Mass: 50 kg.

• Oscar 29 Spacecraft: Oscar. Payload: ENB UNAMSAT A.

  UNAMSAT was an AMSAT Microsat class amateur radio satellite built by UNAM, the Autonomous University of Mexico.

• EKA Spacecraft: EKA. Payload: EKA-2.

  Eksperimentalniy Kosmicheskiy Apparat - dummy of test satellite.

• 42 - Isakowitz, Steven J,, International Reference to Space Launch Systems Second Edition, AIAA, Washington DC, 1991.
• 193 - Placard, TsNIIMASH Museum, .
• 455 - Isakowitz, Steven J,, International Reference to Space Launch Systems Third Edition, AIAA, Washington DC, 2000.

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Start Credit: © Mark Wade. 5,743 bytes. 18 x 113 pixels.

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ICBM-Derived LVs - The range of launch vehicles derived from decommissioned ballistic missiles offered for sale by Russia after the cold war. Credit: Mark Wade. 41,348 bytes. 640 x 444 pixels.

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