In orbitRocket body

SL-8 R/B

NORAD: 22676
COSPAR: 1993-036B

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Spacecraft

Built by: PO Polyot
Owner: Russian Military Space Forces
Platform (bus): S3
Mass at launch: 1,434 kg
Dry mass: 1,434 kg
Length: 4.2 m
Diameter: 2.4 m
Span with arrays and booms: 4.2 m
Shape: Cyl

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S22676, checked 2026-11-06. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1993-06-16
Rocket: Kosmos 11K65M
Flight: Kosmos-2251
Mission name: Strela-2M
Launch site: GNIIPV, LC132/1
Launched by: Russian Military Space Forces
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1993-036

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1993-036, checked 2026-11-06. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: CIS
Launch date: 1993-06-16
Period: 100.3 min
Inclination: 74.04°
Apogee: 788 km
Perigee: 760 km
Radar cross-section: 4.0753 m²

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

Where it came from

Catalogued pieces that came from it: 1

Everything from this launch

Debris1716 in total, 608 still in orbit