EROS A1
Start-1
Strategic Rocket Forces
Mission
EROS A1
- Type: Earth Science
- Orbit: Polar Orbit
- Launch Cost: $9,000,000
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.
Location
5
Svobodny Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
5 has witnessed the launch of 5 rockets, including 5 orbital launch attempts. While Svobodny Cosmodrome, Russian Federation, has been the site for 5 rocket launches.
Svobodny was a Russian rocket launch site located approximately 15 km north of Svobodny, Amur Oblast. The cosmodrome was originally constructed as a launch site for intercontinental ballistic missiles called Svobodny-18. It was initially selected as a replacement for Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, which became independent as Kazakhstan after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. However the development of Svobodny was subsequently ended in 2007 in favour of a totally new space port, the Vostochny Cosmodrome.
Rocket
Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology Start-1
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
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).
