RVSN RF Start-1 EROS A1

Start-1

Status

Success

Date

5 DEC 2000

12:32

Launch Provider

Strategic Rocket Forces

Launch Pad

Svobodny Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Mission Overview

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.

Rocket

Start-1

Mission Type

Earth Science

Orbit

Polar Orbit

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

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.

Height

22.7 m

Diameter

1.61 m

Launch Mass

47 T

Thrust

887 kN