In orbitRocket body

SL-14 R/B

NORAD: 12849
COSPAR: 1981-094B

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Spacecraft

Built by: Southern SDB
Owner: Main Space Forces Directorate
Platform (bus): S5M
Mass at launch: 1,600 kg
Dry mass: 1,600 kg
Length: 2.8 m
Diameter: 2.2 m
Span with arrays and booms: 2.8 m
Shape: Cyl

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S12849, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1981-09-21
Rocket: Tsiklon-3
Flight: Aureole 3
Mission name: AUOS-Z 401 M-A-IK
Launch site: NIIP-53, LC32/1
Launched by: Strategic Rocket Forces
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1981-094

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1981-094, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: CIS
Launch date: 1981-09-21
Period: 106.0 min
Inclination: 82.49°
Apogee: 1,684 km
Perigee: 397 km
Radar cross-section: 4.6957 m²

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

Where it came from

Catalogued pieces that came from it: 1

Everything from this launch

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