In orbitDebris

SL-6 DEB

NORAD: 13909
COSPAR: 1981-088J

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Spacecraft

Owner: Strategic Rocket Forces

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S13909, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1981-09-11
Rocket: Molniya 8K78M ML
Flight: Kosmos-1305
Mission name: Molniya-3 No. 28
Launch site: NIIP-53, LC43/3
Launched by: Strategic Rocket Forces
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1981-088

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1981-088, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Debris
Owner code: CIS
Launch date: 1981-09-11
Period: 250.1 min
Inclination: 63.68°
Apogee: 12,544 km
Perigee: 1,001 km
Radar cross-section: 0.3926 m²

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

Where it came from

Parent object: SL-6 R/B(2) (NORAD 12827)

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

Everything from this launch

Debris10 in total, 7 still in orbit
Payload1 in total, 1 still in orbit
Rocket body2 in total, 1 still in orbit