In orbitRocket body

SL-6 R/B(2)

NORAD: 11909
COSPAR: 1980-063D

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Spacecraft

Built by: NPO Energiya
Owner: Strategic Rocket Forces
Platform (bus): Blok-L
Mass at launch: 4,500 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Dry mass: 1,000 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Total mass with attached parts: 900 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Length: 2.7 m
Diameter: 2.5 m
Span with arrays and booms: 2.7 m
Shape: Cyl

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S11909, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1980-07-18
Rocket: Molniya 8K78M ML
Flight: Molniya-3
Mission name: Molniya-3 No. 27
Launch site: NIIP-53, LC43/3
Launched by: Strategic Rocket Forces
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1980-063

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1980-063, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: CIS
Launch date: 1980-07-18
Period: 731.5 min
Inclination: 63.90°
Apogee: 40,241 km
Perigee: 787 km
Radar cross-section: 7.5408 m²

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

Where it came from

Parent object: SL-6 PLAT (NORAD 11898)
Catalogued pieces that came from it: 3

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

Everything from this launch

Debris3 in total, 2 still in orbit
Payload1 in total, 1 still in orbit
Rocket body2 in total, 1 still in orbit