A Russian SS-25 ICBM converted into the Start-1 space launch vehicle configuration fired the 550-lb
A Russian SS-25 ICBM converted into the Start-1 space launch vehicle configuration fired the 550-lb. Swedish Space Corp. Odin atmospheric research spacecraft into orbit Feb. 20 from the Russian Svobodny ICBM test site. The spacecraft was to be maneuvered into about a 390-mi. orbit inclined 98.7 deg.
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