sammie - 5/8/2006 2:29 AM
There is also a 5 stage version of the Start-1 LV, called Start. It is a larger vehicle because they added another 2nd stage to it. It was launched once from Plesetsk but it ended in failure. My question is, where was it launched from?
According to Novosti kosmonavtiki magazine, the launch of Start rocket was performed from site 158 of Plesetsk cosmodrome... There is special construction (hangar with sliding roof), called Krona, on site 158... Inside the hangar is the assembly-starting rack, on which assembly of rocket, installation of satellite, complex tests may be made... For performing of launch the roof of hangar is moving apart and the transport-starting container containing a rocket, is risen into vertical position by hydraulic system...
Wow, thanks for the information!!
I wonder if a larger solid is on the horizon...