Re-entered 2000-08-16Rocket body

SL-6 R/B(2)

NORAD: 13967
COSPAR: 1983-025D

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Is it working?

Sources agree

Source	What it says	Date
CelesTrak SATCAT	Decayed or deorbited	2000-08-16
GCAT (J. McDowell)	Re-entered	2000-08-16

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Spacecraft

Built by: NPO Energiya
Owner: Strategic Rocket Forces
Platform (bus): Blok-L
Mass at launch: 4,500 kg
Dry mass: 900 kg
Total mass with attached parts: 900 kg
Length: 3.3 m
Diameter: 2.3 m
Span with arrays and booms: 3.3 m
Shape: Cyl

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S13967, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1983-04-02
Rocket: Molniya 8K78M ML
Flight: Molniya-1
Mission name: Molniya-1 11F658T No. 68
Launch site: NIIP-5, LC1
Launched by: Upravleniye Nachalnika Kosmicheskikh Sredstv
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1983-025

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1983-025, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: CIS
Launch date: 1983-04-02
Re-entered: 2000-08-16
Period: 88.7 min
Inclination: 62.23°
Apogee: 316 km
Perigee: 102 km
Radar cross-section: 6.6278 m²

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

Where it came from

Parent object: SL-6 R/B(1) (NORAD 13965)
Catalogued pieces that came from it: 2

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

Everything from this launch

Debris1 in total, 0 still in orbit
Payload1 in total, 0 still in orbit
Rocket body2 in total, 0 still in orbit