First modified SS-18 carries British satellite to LEO
A modified Soviet-era SS-18 ICBM carried a British smallsat to low Earth orbit yesterday, the first of some 150 of the Cold War weapons that may be converted into space launch vehicles. Liftoff of the modified missile, designated the Dnepr-1, came at about 1 a.m. EDT from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. It...
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