In orbitDebris

COSMOS 1932 FUEL CORE

NORAD: 19162
COSPAR: 1988-019D

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Spacecraft

Built by: TsNII Kometa
Owner: Soviet Navy
Platform (bus): Buk reactor core
Mass at launch: 53 kg
Dry mass: 53 kg
Length: 0.5 m
Diameter: 0.2 m
Span with arrays and booms: 0.5 m
Shape: Cyl

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S19162, checked 2026-11-06. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1988-03-14
Rocket: Tsiklon-2
Flight: Kosmos-1932
Mission name: US-A reactor
Launch site: NIIP-5, LC90
Launched by: Upravleniye Nachalnika Kosmicheskikh Sredstv
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1988-019

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1988-019, checked 2026-11-06. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Debris
Owner code: CIS
Launch date: 1988-03-14
Period: 104.0 min
Inclination: 65.04°
Apogee: 965 km
Perigee: 935 km
Radar cross-section: 0.1778 m²

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

Where it came from

Parent object: COSMOS 1932 (NORAD 18957)

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

COSMOS 1932 FUEL CORE

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