In orbitRocket body

SL-24 R/B

NORAD: 28811
COSPAR: 2005-031C

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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 S28811, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 2005-08-23
Rocket: Dnepr
Flight: OICETS/INDEX
Mission name: OICETS
Launch site: GIK-5, LC109/95
Launched by: Russian Strategic Rocket Forces
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 2005-031

From the GCAT launch log, launch 2005-031, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: CIS
Launch date: 2005-08-23
Period: 102.8 min
Inclination: 97.74°
Apogee: 1,189 km
Perigee: 593 km
Radar cross-section: 6.1367 m²

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

Where it came from

Catalogued pieces that came from it: 4

Everything from this launch

Debris9 in total, 0 still in orbit
Payload2 in total, 2 still in orbit
Rocket body1 in total, 1 still in orbit