In orbitDebris

COSMOS 1579 FUEL CORE

NORAD: 15330
COSPAR: 1984-069D

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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 S15330, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1984-06-29
Rocket: Tsiklon-2
Flight: Kosmos-1579
Mission name: US-A reactor
Launch site: NIIP-5, LC90
Launched by: Upravleniye Nachalnika Kosmicheskikh Sredstv
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1984-069

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1984-069, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Debris
Owner code: CIS
Launch date: 1984-06-29
Period: 103.6 min
Inclination: 65.05°
Apogee: 966 km
Perigee: 892 km
Radar cross-section: 0.1704 m²

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

Where it came from

Parent object: COSMOS 1579 (NORAD 15085)

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

Everything from this launch

Debris35 in total, 33 still in orbit
Payload1 in total, 1 still in orbit