In orbitRocket body

SL-12 R/B(2)

NORAD: 26486
COSPAR: 2000-051D

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Spacecraft

Built by: RKK Energiya
Owner: Khrunichev State Research and Production Center
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 S26486, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 2000-09-05
Rocket: Proton-K/DM-2M DM3
Flight: Sirius CD Radio 2
Mission name: Sirius CD Radio 2
Launch site: GIK-5, LC81/23
Launched by: International Launch Services, Khrunichev
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 2000-051

From the GCAT launch log, launch 2000-051, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: CIS
Launch date: 2000-09-05
Period: 987.9 min
Inclination: 63.23°
Apogee: 47,889 km
Perigee: 5,069 km
Radar cross-section: 28.271 m²

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

Where it came from

Parent object: SL-12 R/B(1) (NORAD 26484)
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