In orbitRocket body

SL-8 R/B

NORAD: 1575
COSPAR: 1965-070F

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Spacecraft

Built by: Southern SDB
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 S01575, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1965-09-03
Rocket: Kosmos 65S3
Flight: Kosmos-80/84
Mission name: Strela-1
Launch site: NIIP-5, LC41/15
Launched by: Strategic Rocket Forces
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1965-070

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1965-070, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: CIS
Launch date: 1965-09-03
Period: 114.6 min
Inclination: 56.12°
Apogee: 1,511 km
Perigee: 1,359 km
Radar cross-section: 5.6074 m²

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

Where it came from

Catalogued pieces that came from it: 6

Everything from this launch

Debris1 in total, 1 still in orbit
Payload5 in total, 5 still in orbit
Rocket body1 in total, 1 still in orbit