In orbitRocket body

SL-12 R/B(2)

NORAD: 24438
COSPAR: 1996-058D

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Spacecraft

Built by: RKK Energiya
Owner: Russian Military Space Forces
Platform (bus): Blok DM2
Mass at launch: 17,610 kg
Dry mass: 2,560 kg
Total mass with attached parts: 2,560 kg
Length: 7.1 m
Diameter: 3.7 m
Span with arrays and booms: 7.1 m
Shape: Cyl

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S24438, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1996-09-26
Rocket: Proton-K/DM-2M DM-2M
Flight: Ekspress 12
Mission name: Ekspress No. 12L
Launch site: GIK-5, LC200/39
Launched by: Russian Military Space Forces
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1996-058

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1996-058, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: CIS
Launch date: 1996-09-26
Period: 1435.0 min
Inclination: 14.34°
Apogee: 35,793 km
Perigee: 35,737 km
Radar cross-section: 1.9952 m²

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

Where it came from

Parent object: SL-12 R/B(1) (NORAD 24436)
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