In orbitRocket body

SL-12 R/B(2)

NORAD: 15450
COSPAR: 1984-128B

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Spacecraft

Built by: NPO Energiya
Owner: Strategic Rocket Forces
Platform (bus): Blok D
Mass at launch: 14,300 kg
Dry mass: 1,925 kg
Total mass with attached parts: 1,925 kg
Length: 5.8 m
Diameter: 4.1 m
Span with arrays and booms: 5.8 m
Shape: Cyl

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S15450, checked 2026-11-06. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1984-12-21
Rocket: Proton-K/D-1
Flight: Vega-2
Mission name: 5VK No. 902
Launch site: NIIP-5, LC200/40
Launched by: Upravleniye Nachalnika Kosmicheskikh Sredstv
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1984-128

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1984-128, checked 2026-11-06. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: CIS
Launch date: 1984-12-21
Orbits: the Sun

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

Where it came from

Catalogued pieces that came from it: 3

Everything from this launch

Debris1 in total, 0 still in orbit
Payload3 in total, 1 still in orbit
Rocket body2 in total, 1 still in orbit