In orbitRocket body

SL-14 R/B

NORAD: 23412
COSPAR: 1994-078B

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Spacecraft

Built by: Southern SDB
Owner: Russian Military Space Forces
Platform (bus): S5M
Mass at launch: 1,600 kg
Dry mass: 1,600 kg
Length: 2.8 m
Diameter: 2.2 m
Span with arrays and booms: 2.8 m
Shape: Cyl

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S23412, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1994-11-29
Rocket: Tsiklon-3
Flight: Geo-IK
Mission name: Musson No. 24
Launch site: GIK-1, LC32/2
Launched by: Russian Military Space Forces
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1994-078

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1994-078, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: CIS
Launch date: 1994-11-29
Period: 116.0 min
Inclination: 73.62°
Apogee: 1,536 km
Perigee: 1,469 km
Radar cross-section: 4.847 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

Payload1 in total, 1 still in orbit