Zeya
Start-1.2
Strategic Rocket Forces
Mission
Zeya
Type: Navigation
The Mozhayets 2 (Zeya, RS 16) satellite was a Russian Military experimental communications satellite launched on 4 March 1997. Zeya was named after the Zeya River, which is very close to its launch site, Cosmodrome Svobodniy. A Start-1.2 rocket transported it into orbit. This was the first satellite launched from this new Russian launch site in far eastern Russia.
Location
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Svobodny Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
5 rockets have launched from Svobodny Cosmodrome, Russian Federation.
Rocket
Start-1.2 – Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology
Family: Start
Length: 22.7 m
Diameter: 1.8 m
Launch Mass: 47 T
The Start-1.2 was manufactured by Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology with the first launch on 1997-03-04. Start-1.2 has 1 successful launches and 0 failed launches with a total of 1 launches. 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.
Agency
Strategic Rocket Forces
Type: Government
Abbreviation: RVSN RF
Founded: 1959
Country: RUS
The Strategic Rocket Forces of the Russian Federation are a separate-troops branch of the Russian Armed Forces that control Russia’s land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs).
