In orbitDebris

SL-16 DEB

NORAD: 22291
COSPAR: 1992-093F

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Spacecraft

Built by: Southern SDB
Owner: Russian Military Space Forces
Platform (bus): Sep Motor Cover
Mass at launch: 1 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Dry mass: 1 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Diameter: 1 m
Span with arrays and booms: 1 m
Shape: Cone

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S22291, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1992-12-25
Rocket: Zenit-2
Flight: Kosmos-2227
Mission name: Tselina-2
Launch site: GIK-5, LC45/1
Launched by: Russian Military Space Forces
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1992-093

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1992-093, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Debris
Owner code: CIS
Launch date: 1992-12-25
Period: 104.9 min
Inclination: 71.01°
Apogee: 1,144 km
Perigee: 836 km
Radar cross-section: 0.0891 m²

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

Where it came from

Parent object: SL-16 R/B (NORAD 22285)

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

Everything from this launch

Debris286 in total, 161 still in orbit
Payload1 in total, 1 still in orbit
Rocket body1 in total, 1 still in orbit