Russian Space Forces Start Gurwin-1

Start

Status

Failure

Date

28 MAR 1995

10:00

Launch Provider

Russian Space Forces

Launch Pad

158

Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Mission Overview

Techsat (Technology Satellite) or Gurwin were microsatellites built aby students of the Technion (Israel Institute of Technology) institute at Haifa.

Rocket

Start

Mission Type

Communications

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

Russian orbital launch vehicle. Launch vehicle based on decommissioned SS-25 ICBM's launched from mobile transporter.

Height

28.9 m

Diameter

1.61 m

Launch Mass

60 T

Thrust

887 kN