In orbitDebris

SL-3 DEB

NORAD: 19643
COSPAR: 1978-121C

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Spacecraft

Owner: Strategic Rocket Forces

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S19643, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1978-12-23
Rocket: Vostok 8A92M
Flight: Kosmos-1066
Mission name: Astrofizika 11F653 No. 1
Launch site: NIIP-53, LC43/3
Launched by: Strategic Rocket Forces
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1978-121

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1978-121, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Debris
Owner code: CIS
Launch date: 1978-12-23
Period: 101.7 min
Inclination: 81.24°
Apogee: 886 km
Perigee: 792 km
Radar cross-section: 0.0104 m²

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

Where it came from

Parent object: SL-3 R/B (NORAD 11166)

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

Everything from this launch

Debris2 in total, 2 still in orbit
Payload1 in total, 1 still in orbit
Rocket body1 in total, 1 still in orbit