In orbitDebris

SL-14 DEB

NORAD: 19178
COSPAR: 1978-100U

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Spacecraft

Owner: Strategic Rocket Forces

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S19178, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1978-10-26
Rocket: Tsiklon-3
Flight: Kosmos-1045
Mission name: Meteor-2 GVM
Launch site: NIIP-53, LC32/2
Launched by: Strategic Rocket Forces
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1978-100

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1978-100, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Debris
Owner code: CIS
Launch date: 1978-10-26
Period: 118.2 min
Inclination: 82.12°
Apogee: 1,629 km
Perigee: 1,574 km
Radar cross-section: 0.106 m²

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

Where it came from

Parent object: SL-14 R/B (NORAD 11087)

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

Everything from this launch

Debris42 in total, 28 still in orbit
Payload3 in total, 3 still in orbit
Rocket body1 in total, 1 still in orbit