In orbitRocket body

SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)

NORAD: 28632
COSPAR: 2005-010D

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Spacecraft

Built by: RKK Energiya
Owner: Russian Strategic Rocket Forces
Platform (bus): SOZ
Mass at launch: 110 kg
Dry mass: 56 kg
Total mass with attached parts: 56 kg
Length: 1 m
Diameter: 0.6 m
Span with arrays and booms: 1 m
Shape: Cyl

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S28632, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 2005-03-29
Rocket: Proton-K/DM-2M DM-2M
Flight: Ekspress AM-2
Mission name: Ekspress AM-2
Launch site: GIK-5, LC200/39
Launched by: Khrunichev State Research and Production Center
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 2005-010

From the GCAT launch log, launch 2005-010, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: CIS
Launch date: 2005-03-29
Period: 225.8 min
Inclination: 47.30°
Apogee: 11,529 km
Perigee: 282 km
Radar cross-section: 0.612 m²

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

Where it came from

Parent object: SL-12 R/B(2) (NORAD 28634)

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 body4 in total, 2 still in orbit