Earth Science
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.
Orbital Attempt
#4,206
RVSN RF Mission
#7
Pad Launch
#2
Location Launch
#2
Designator
1997-085
Dec 24, 1997, 1:32 PM
1 update
Svobodny was a Russian rocket launch site located approximately 15 km north of Svobodny, Amur Oblast. The cosmodrome was originally constructed as a launch site for intercontinental ballistic missiles called Svobodny-18. It was initially selected as a replacement for Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, which became independent as Kazakhstan after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. However the development of Svobodny was subsequently ended in 2007 in favour of a totally new space port, the Vostochny Cosmodrome.
Timezone
Asia/Yakutsk
Local Launch Time
Dec 24, 1997, 10:32 PM
Total Launches
5
Total Landings
0
Coordinates
51.7000, 128.0000
