Strategic Rocket Forces
EarlyBird
Start-1
SUCCESS
Success
Wednesday, December 24, 1997 · 13:32 UTC
Mission
/01EarlyBird 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.
Mission Type
Earth Science
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Probability
N/A
Status
Launch Successful
Vehicle & Pad
/02Rocket
Start-1
Variant: 1
Launch Pad
5
Svobodny Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
51.700° N, 127.998° E
2
Pad Launches
2
Location Launches
7
Agency Launches
88
Orbital This Year