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Family: Missile. Country: Russia. Status: Hardware. Other Designations: Topol. Library of Congress Designation: L-1. Department of Defence Designation: SL-18. Article Number: 15Zh58. Manufacturer's Designation: RT-2PM.

Launch vehicle based on decommissioned ICBM's. Launched from mobile transporter. Liftoff mass 47 tonnes.

Specifications

Launches: 3. Failures: 0. Success Rate: 100.00% pct. First Launch Date: 25 March 1993. Last Launch Date: 24 December 1997. LEO Payload: 632 kg. to: 200 km Orbit. at: 52.0 degrees. Payload: 500 kg. to a: space station orbit, 407 km, 51.6 deg trajectory. Liftoff Thrust: 90,490 kgf. Total Mass: 47,200 kg. Core Diameter: 1.6 m. Total Length: 22.7 m. Launch Price $: 9.00 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-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
ICBM-Derived LVs - The range of launch vehicles derived from decommissioned ballistic missiles offered for sale by Russia after the cold war.
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Stage Number: 4. 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

Start-1 Chronology

1993 Mar 25 - - 13:26 GMT. Launch Site: Plesetsk . Launch Complex: LC158.

Start-1 Spacecraft: Start. Payload: EKA-1. Mass: 260 kg.
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.

1997 Mar 4 - - 02:00 GMT. LV Configuration: Start-1.2. Launch Site: Svobodniy . Launch Complex: LC5.

Zeya Spacecraft: Zeya. Payload: Zeya No. 1.

1997 Dec 24 - - 13:32 GMT. Launch Site: Svobodniy .

Early Bird Spacecraft: Early Bird. Payload: EarlyBird.

Bibliography:

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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