In orbitRocket body

SL-8 R/B

NORAD: 13758
COSPAR: 1983-001B

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Spacecraft

Built by: Omsk Aviation Plant
Owner: Strategic Rocket Forces
Platform (bus): S3
Mass at launch: 1,434 kg
Dry mass: 1,434 kg
Length: 4.2 m
Diameter: 2.4 m
Span with arrays and booms: 4.2 m
Shape: Cyl

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S13758, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1983-01-12
Rocket: Kosmos 11K65M
Flight: Kosmos-1428
Mission name: Parus
Launch site: NIIP-53, LC132/2
Launched by: Upravleniye Nachalnika Kosmicheskikh Sredstv
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1983-001

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1983-001, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: CIS
Launch date: 1983-01-12
Period: 104.4 min
Inclination: 82.91°
Apogee: 988 km
Perigee: 946 km
Radar cross-section: 4.4389 m²

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

Where it came from

Catalogued pieces that came from it: 2

Everything from this launch

Debris1 in total, 1 still in orbit
Payload1 in total, 1 still in orbit
Rocket body1 in total, 1 still in orbit