In orbitRocket body

SL-6 R/B(2)

NORAD: 17333
COSPAR: 1987-008D

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Spacecraft

Built by: NPO Energiya
Owner: Strategic Rocket Forces
Platform (bus): Blok-L
Mass at launch: 4,500 kg
Dry mass: 900 kg
Total mass with attached parts: 900 kg
Length: 3.3 m
Diameter: 2.3 m
Span with arrays and booms: 3.3 m
Shape: Cyl

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S17333, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1987-01-22
Rocket: Molniya 8K78M ML
Flight: Molniya-3
Mission name: Molniya-3 No. 42
Launch site: NIIP-53, LC41/1
Launched by: Upravleniye Nachalnika Kosmicheskikh Sredstv
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1987-008

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1987-008, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: CIS
Launch date: 1987-01-22
Period: 730.6 min
Inclination: 63.20°
Apogee: 40,499 km
Perigee: 485 km
Radar cross-section: 7.3099 m²

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

Where it came from

Parent object: SL-6 PLAT (NORAD 17330)
Catalogued pieces that came from it: 1

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

Everything from this launch

Debris1 in total, 0 still in orbit
Payload1 in total, 1 still in orbit
Rocket body2 in total, 1 still in orbit