In orbitRocket body

SL-12 R/B(2)

NORAD: 23451
COSPAR: 1994-087D

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Spacecraft

Built by: RKK Energiya
Owner: Russian Strategic Rocket Forces
Platform (bus): Blok DM
Mass at launch: 17,490 kg
Dry mass: 2,440 kg
Total mass with attached parts: 2,440 kg
Length: 6.3 m
Diameter: 3.7 m
Span with arrays and booms: 6.3 m
Shape: Cyl

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S23451, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1994-12-28
Rocket: Proton-K/DM-2
Flight: Raduga
Mission name: Gran' No. 43L
Launch site: GIK-5, LC81/23
Launched by: Russian Military Space Forces
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1994-087

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1994-087, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: CIS
Launch date: 1994-12-28
Period: 1439.1 min
Inclination: 14.29°
Apogee: 35,881 km
Perigee: 35,811 km
Radar cross-section: 5.0119 m²

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

Where it came from

Parent object: SL-12 PLAT (NORAD 23450)
Catalogued pieces that came from it: 3

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 body4 in total, 1 still in orbit