Russia prepares for new Start booster

RUSSIA'S STRATEGIC Rocket Forces Start 1 solid-propellant booster is being prepared at the Svobodny cosmodrome in the far-eastern Amur region of Russia for the first satellite launch from the new space centre, placing a small demonstration satellite, the Zeya, into low-Earth orbit in December.

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