In orbitPayload

RUBIN-4 & SL-8 R/B

NORAD: 27940
COSPAR: 2003-042B

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Spacecraft

Built by: PO Polyot
Owner: Russian Space Forces
Platform (bus): S3
Mass at launch: 1,434 kg
Dry mass: 1,434 kg
Total mass with attached parts: 1,479 kg
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 S27940, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 2003-09-27
Rocket: Kosmos 11K65M
Flight: STSat-1/DMC-2/Mozh.
Mission name: Mozhaets 4
Launch site: GIK-1, LC132/1
Launched by: Russian Space Forces
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 2003-042

From the GCAT launch log, launch 2003-042, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Payload
Owner code: GER
Launch date: 2003-09-27
Period: 98.0 min
Inclination: 98.39°
Apogee: 671 km
Perigee: 654 km
Radar cross-section: 6.4331 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

Payload7 in total, 7 still in orbit