In orbitDebris

COSMOS 1365 FUEL CORE

NORAD: 13594
COSPAR: 1982-043D

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Spacecraft

Built by: TsNII Kometa
Owner: Soviet Navy
Platform (bus): Buk reactor core
Mass at launch: 53 kg
Dry mass: 53 kg
Length: 0.5 m
Diameter: 0.2 m
Span with arrays and booms: 0.5 m
Shape: Cyl

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S13594, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1982-05-14
Rocket: Tsiklon-2
Flight: Kosmos-1365
Mission name: US-A reactor
Launch site: NIIP-5, LC90
Launched by: Upravleniye Nachalnika Kosmicheskikh Sredstv
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1982-043

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1982-043, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Debris
Owner code: CIS
Launch date: 1982-05-14
Period: 103.4 min
Inclination: 65.07°
Apogee: 965 km
Perigee: 870 km
Radar cross-section: 0.1525 m²

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

Where it came from

Parent object: COSMOS 1365 (NORAD 13175)

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

Everything from this launch

Debris5 in total, 1 still in orbit
Payload1 in total, 1 still in orbit