Orbited Israel's EROS B commercial Earth-observation satellite, providing sub-meter resolution imagery primarily for the Israeli government amid regional security tensions. It was the final orbital flight of the Start-1 launch vehicle.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 290 kg
- Flight
- 5th
- of 5 Start-1 flights
- Date and time
- 25 April 2006, 16:47 UTC
- Rocket
- Start-1
- Builder
- MITT
- Launch site
- 5, Svobodny Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 2006-014
- Launches in 2006
- 15th of 66
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