EarlyBird imaging satellite orbited by Russia's Start-1

A Start-1 rocket made from a retired Topol ICBM (SS-25) has launched a U.S. commercial imaging satellite from a decommissioned missile base at Svobodny. The Start-1 lifted off its mobile launcher at the Svobodny Cosmodrome at 16:32 Moscow Time Dec. 23 (8:32 a.m. EST) and inserted the EarlyBird...

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