In orbitRocket body

SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)

NORAD: 18374
COSPAR: 1987-079G

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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 S18374, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1987-09-16
Rocket: Proton-K/DM-2
Flight: Kosmos-1883/1885
Mission name: Uragan No. 33L
Launch site: NIIP-5, LC200/40
Launched by: Upravleniye Nachalnika Kosmicheskikh Sredstv
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1987-079

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1987-079, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: CIS
Launch date: 1987-09-16
Period: 327.6 min
Inclination: 64.95°
Apogee: 18,386 km
Perigee: 343 km
Radar cross-section: 0.4807 m²

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

Where it came from

Parent object: SL-12 R/B(2) (NORAD 18360)
Catalogued pieces that came from it: 13

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

Everything from this launch

Debris55 in total, 16 still in orbit
Payload3 in total, 3 still in orbit
Rocket body4 in total, 3 still in orbit