Start-1 Launch Vehicle
Start-1 was a Russian four-stage, all-solid orbital launch vehicle adapted from the road-mobile RS-12M Topol missile, known to NATO as the SS-25. It flew a small series of missions from Plesetsk and Svobodny between 1993 and 2006, carrying technology, Earth-observation, mapping, and scientific payloads into low Earth orbit.
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Identity
- Aliases
- START-1Start 1START 1 rocket
- Family Name
- Start-1
- Full Name
- Start-1 Launch Vehicle
- Status
- retired
- Type
- rocket
Details
- Description
- Start-1 was a Russian four-stage, all-solid orbital launch vehicle adapted from the road-mobile RS-12M Topol missile, known to NATO as the SS-25. It flew a small series of missions from Plesetsk and Svobodny between 1993 and 2006, carrying technology, Earth-observation, mapping, and scientific payloads into low Earth orbit.
- First Flight Year
- 1,993
- Last Flight Year
- 2,006
- Rocket Specs
- Payload Capacity Kg
- Leo
- 532
- Reusability
- expendable
- Stages Count
- 4
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- Creation Time
- July 13, 2026 at 15:07:32 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 13, 2026 at 15:07:32 UTC
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- Search Name
- Start-1 Launch Vehicle START-1 Start 1 START 1 rocket