In orbitRocket body

SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)

NORAD: 19537
COSPAR: 1988-085G

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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 S19537, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1988-09-16
Rocket: Proton-K/DM-2
Flight: Kosmos-1970/1972
Mission name: Uragan No. 42L
Launch site: NIIP-5, LC200/39
Launched by: Upravleniye Nachalnika Kosmicheskikh Sredstv
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1988-085

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1988-085, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: CIS
Launch date: 1988-09-16
Period: 329.7 min
Inclination: 65.07°
Apogee: 18,208 km
Perigee: 655 km
Radar cross-section: 0.8708 m²

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

Where it came from

Parent object: SL-12 R/B(2) (NORAD 19505)

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

Everything from this launch

Debris79 in total, 6 still in orbit
Payload3 in total, 3 still in orbit
Rocket body4 in total, 3 still in orbit