In orbitRocket body

SL-8 R/B

NORAD: 15399
COSPAR: 1984-118B

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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 S15399, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1984-11-15
Rocket: Kosmos 11K65M
Flight: Kosmos-1610
Mission name: Parus
Launch site: NIIP-53, LC132/1
Launched by: Upravleniye Nachalnika Kosmicheskikh Sredstv
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1984-118

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1984-118, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: CIS
Launch date: 1984-11-15
Period: 104.6 min
Inclination: 82.95°
Apogee: 1,000 km
Perigee: 953 km
Radar cross-section: 4.485 m²

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

Where it came from

Catalogued pieces that came from it: 1

Everything from this launch

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