In orbitRocket body

SL-6 R/B(2)

NORAD: 23197
COSPAR: 1994-048D

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Spacecraft

Built by: RKK Energiya
Owner: Russian Strategic Rocket Forces
Platform (bus): Blok-L
Mass at launch: 4,500 kg
Dry mass: 900 kg
Total mass with attached parts: 900 kg
Length: 3.3 m
Diameter: 2.3 m
Span with arrays and booms: 3.3 m
Shape: Cyl

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S23197, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1994-08-05
Rocket: Molniya 8K78M 2BL
Flight: Kosmos-2286
Mission name: Oko
Launch site: GNIIPV, LC16/2
Launched by: Russian Military Space Forces
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1994-048

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1994-048, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: CIS
Launch date: 1994-08-05
Period: 706.4 min
Inclination: 67.73°
Apogee: 34,073 km
Perigee: 5,718 km
Radar cross-section: 5.3775 m²

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

Where it came from

Parent object: SL-6 R/B(1) (NORAD 23195)
Catalogued pieces that came from it: 2

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

Everything from this launch

Debris1 in total, 0 still in orbit
Payload1 in total, 1 still in orbit
Rocket body2 in total, 1 still in orbit