In orbitRocket body

SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)

NORAD: 15715
COSPAR: 1985-037H

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Spacecraft

Built by: NPO Energiya
Owner: Strategic Rocket Forces
Platform (bus): SOZ
Mass at launch: 120 kg
Dry mass: 60 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Length: 1.1 m
Diameter: 0.5 m
Span with arrays and booms: 1.1 m
Shape: Cyl

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S15715, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1985-05-17
Rocket: Proton-K/DM-2
Flight: Kosmos-1650/52
Mission name: Uragan No. 20L
Launch site: NIIP-5, LC200/39
Launched by: Upravleniye Nachalnika Kosmicheskikh Sredstv
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1985-037

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1985-037, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: CIS
Launch date: 1985-05-17
Period: 255.6 min
Inclination: 52.03°
Apogee: 13,630 km
Perigee: 297 km
Radar cross-section: 0.8486 m²

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

Where it came from

Parent object: SL-12 R/B(2) (NORAD 15702)
Catalogued pieces that came from it: 3

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

Everything from this launch

Debris4 in total, 1 still in orbit
Payload3 in total, 3 still in orbit
Rocket body4 in total, 3 still in orbit