Re-entered 1999-04-16Rocket body

SL-4 R/B(2)

NORAD: 25681
COSPAR: 1999-019F

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Is it working?

One source only

Source	What it says	Date
CelesTrak SATCAT	Decayed or deorbited	1999-04-16

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Spacecraft

Built by: CSDB-Progress Factory
Owner: Russian Strategic Rocket Forces
Platform (bus): Ikar
Mass at launch: 3,164 kg
Dry mass: 820 kg
Total mass with attached parts: 1,210 kg
Length: 2.6 m
Diameter: 2.7 m
Span with arrays and booms: 2.7 m
Shape: Cyl

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S25681, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1999-04-15
Rocket: Soyuz-U-PVB Ikar
Flight: Globalstar S-3
Mission name: Globalstar S-3
Launch site: GIK-5, LC1
Launched by: Starsem
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1999-019

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1999-019, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: CIS
Launch date: 1999-04-15
Re-entered: 1999-04-16
Period: 103.5 min
Inclination: 51.94°
Apogee: 952 km
Perigee: 899 km

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

Where it came from

Parent object: SL-4 R/B(1) (NORAD 25680)

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

Everything from this launch

Payload4 in total, 4 still in orbit
Rocket body2 in total, 0 still in orbit