In orbitRocket body

SL-8 R/B

NORAD: 27819
COSPAR: 2003-023B

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Spacecraft

Built by: PO Polyot
Owner: Russian Space Forces
Platform (bus): S3
Mass at launch: 2,000 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Dry mass: 1,434 kg
Total mass with attached parts: 1,434 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Length: 4.2 m
Diameter: 2.4 m
Span with arrays and booms: 4.2 m
Shape: Cyl

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S27819, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 2003-06-04
Rocket: Kosmos 11K65M
Flight: Kosmos-2398
Mission name: Parus?
Launch site: GIK-1, LC132/1
Launched by: Russian Space Forces
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 2003-023

From the GCAT launch log, launch 2003-023, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: CIS
Launch date: 2003-06-04
Period: 104.8 min
Inclination: 82.95°
Apogee: 1,017 km
Perigee: 950 km
Radar cross-section: 5.419 m²

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

Where it came from

Catalogued pieces that came from it: 1

Everything from this launch

Debris1 in total, 0 still in orbit
Payload1 in total, 1 still in orbit
Rocket body1 in total, 1 still in orbit