In orbitRocket body

TAURUS R/B

NORAD: 28255
COSPAR: 2004-018B

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Spacecraft

Built by: Alliant (Hercules)
Owner: Orbital Sciences Corp./Chandler
Platform (bus): Orion 38
Mass at launch: 202 kg
Dry mass: 202 kg
Length: 1.4 m
Diameter: 1 m
Span with arrays and booms: 2 m
Shape: Cyl

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S28255, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 2004-05-20
Rocket: Taurus 3210
Flight: ROCSAT-2
Mission name: ROCSAT-2
Launch site: V, 576E
Launched by: Orbital Sciences Corp./Chandler
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 2004-018

From the GCAT launch log, launch 2004-018, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: US
Launch date: 2004-05-20
Period: 99.2 min
Inclination: 99.09°
Apogee: 728 km
Perigee: 709 km
Radar cross-section: 2.4425 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

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