In orbitRocket body

SL-3 R/B

NORAD: 13121
COSPAR: 1982-027B

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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 S13121, checked 2026-11-06. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1982-03-31
Rocket: Vostok 8A92M
Flight: Kosmos-1346
Mission name: Tselina-D
Launch site: NIIP-53, LC16/2
Launched by: Upravleniye Nachalnika Kosmicheskikh Sredstv
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1982-027

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1982-027, checked 2026-11-06. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: CIS
Launch date: 1982-03-31
Period: 94.1 min
Inclination: 81.18°
Apogee: 479 km
Perigee: 468 km
Radar cross-section: 5.1803 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, 0 still in orbit
Rocket body1 in total, 1 still in orbit