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December 6, 2000 

MOSCOW-- (UNB/AP) - A Start-1 rocket on Tuesday successfully launched an Israeli observation satellite from Russia's Far East, the Strategic Missile Forces said.

The Eros-A1 satellite is Israel's first civilian photography satellite, and it can take pictures of objects as small as 1.8 meters (5.9 feet), according to Russian and Israeli media.

It was launched from the Svobodny cosmodrome in the Amur region of the Russian Far East, about 5,500 kilometers (3,437 miles) east of Moscow. The rocket used to launch it was converted from a Topol intercontinental ballistic missile.