In orbitRocket body

SL-3 R/B

NORAD: 12457
COSPAR: 1981-043B

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Spacecraft

Built by: Progress Factory
Owner: Strategic Rocket Forces
Platform (bus): Blok-E
Mass at launch: 1,440 kg
Dry mass: 1,440 kg
Length: 3.8 m
Diameter: 2.6 m
Span with arrays and booms: 3.8 m
Shape: Cyl

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S12457, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1981-05-14
Rocket: Vostok 8A92M
Flight: Meteor-2
Mission name: Meteor-2 No. 8
Launch site: NIIP-53, LC43/3
Launched by: Strategic Rocket Forces
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1981-043

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1981-043, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: CIS
Launch date: 1981-05-14
Period: 102.3 min
Inclination: 81.27°
Apogee: 918 km
Perigee: 816 km
Radar cross-section: 6.2109 m²

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

Where it came from

Catalogued pieces that came from it: 3

Everything from this launch

Debris28 in total, 17 still in orbit
Payload1 in total, 1 still in orbit
Rocket body1 in total, 1 still in orbit