Start-1 | EarlyBird
EarlyBird 1, a remote sensing satellite built by CTA Space Systems (now part of Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC)) for EarthWatch, Inc., was to provide high resolution commercial imagery. EarthWatch planed to offer black-and-white images with a resolution as high as 3 meters per pixel, and color images with a resolution of 15 meters per pixel. The imaging sensor was derived from NASA’s cancelled Clark satellite.
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.
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Mission Profile
EarlyBird was a Start-1 mission operated by Strategic Rocket Forces that lifted off from 5, Svobodny Cosmodrome, Russian Federation on December 24, 1997. The flight carried its payload on a earth science mission to Low Earth Orbit. The launch was a success.