In orbitRocket body

SL-14 R/B

NORAD: 18749
COSPAR: 1988-001B

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Spacecraft

Built by: Southern SDB
Owner: Upravleniye Nachalnika Kosmicheskikh Sredstv
Platform (bus): S5M
Mass at launch: 1,600 kg
Dry mass: 1,600 kg
Length: 2.8 m
Diameter: 2.2 m
Span with arrays and booms: 2.8 m
Shape: Cyl

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S18749, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1988-01-06
Rocket: Tsiklon-3
Flight: Kosmos-1908
Mission name: Tselina-D No. 60L
Launch site: NIIP-53, LC32/2
Launched by: Upravleniye Nachalnika Kosmicheskikh Sredstv
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1988-001

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1988-001, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: CIS
Launch date: 1988-01-06
Period: 96.9 min
Inclination: 82.51°
Apogee: 624 km
Perigee: 598 km
Radar cross-section: 4.2105 m²

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

Where it came from

Catalogued pieces that came from it: 1

Everything from this launch

Payload1 in total, 0 still in orbit
Rocket body1 in total, 1 still in orbit