In orbitRocket body

DNEPR 1 R/B

NORAD: 26550
COSPAR: 2000-057F

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Spacecraft

Built by: Southern SDB
Owner: MKK Kosmotras
Platform (bus): 15A18-BR
Mass at launch: 1,000 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Dry mass: 1,000 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Length: 3 m
Diameter: 3 m
Span with arrays and booms: 3 m
Shape: Cyl

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S26550, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 2000-09-26
Rocket: Dnepr
Flight: Tiungsat/Megsat-1/
Mission name: Dnepr Rideshare 1
Launch site: GIK-5, LC109/95
Launched by: KTRAS/RVSNR
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 2000-057

From the GCAT launch log, launch 2000-057, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: CIS
Launch date: 2000-09-26
Period: 104.2 min
Inclination: 64.56°
Apogee: 1,343 km
Perigee: 570 km
Radar cross-section: 8.3563 m²

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

Where it came from

Catalogued pieces that came from it: 6

Everything from this launch

Debris1 in total, 0 still in orbit
Payload5 in total, 5 still in orbit
Rocket body1 in total, 1 still in orbit