In orbitDebris

SL-8 DEB

NORAD: 11114
COSPAR: 1978-105D

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Spacecraft

Owner: Main Space Forces Directorate

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S11114, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1978-11-16
Rocket: Kosmos 11K65M
Flight: Kosmos-1048
Mission name: Strela-2M
Launch site: NIIP-53, LC132/2
Launched by: Strategic Rocket Forces
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1978-105

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1978-105, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Debris
Owner code: CIS
Launch date: 1978-11-16
Period: 94.7 min
Inclination: 73.99°
Apogee: 505 km
Perigee: 499 km
Radar cross-section: 0.0165 m²

From CelesTrak SATCAT, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Where it came from

Parent object: COSMOS 1048 (NORAD 11111)

The object this one was attached to at launch, or broke off from, as GCAT records it.

Everything from this launch

Debris2 in total, 2 still in orbit
Payload1 in total, 1 still in orbit
Rocket body1 in total, 1 still in orbit