In orbitRocket body

SL-18 R/B

NORAD: 22562
COSPAR: 1993-014B

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Spacecraft

Built by: MITT
Owner: Russian Strategic Rocket Forces
Platform (bus): Start
Mass at launch: 300 kg
Dry mass: 300 kg
Length: 2.5 m
Diameter: 1 m
Span with arrays and booms: 2.5 m
Shape: Cyl

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S22562, checked 2026-11-06. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1993-03-25
Rocket: Start-1
Flight: EKA
Mission name: EKA-1
Launch site: GNIIP, LC158
Launched by: Russian Strategic Rocket Forces
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1993-014

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1993-014, checked 2026-11-06. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: CIS
Launch date: 1993-03-25
Period: 100.7 min
Inclination: 75.76°
Apogee: 906 km
Perigee: 673 km
Radar cross-section: 1.261 m²

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

Where it came from

Catalogued pieces that came from it: 55

Everything from this launch

Debris58 in total, 6 still in orbit
Payload1 in total, 1 still in orbit
Rocket body1 in total, 1 still in orbit