In orbitRocket body

FREGAT R/B

NORAD: 28923
COSPAR: 2005-051B

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Spacecraft

Built by: NPO Lavochkin
Owner: NPO Lavochkin
Platform (bus): Fregat
Mass at launch: 6,600 kg
Dry mass: 1,000 kg
Total mass with attached parts: 1,000 kg
Length: 1.7 m
Diameter: 3.3 m
Span with arrays and booms: 3.3 m
Shape: Irr

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S28923, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 2005-12-28
Rocket: Soyuz-FG Fregat
Flight: GIOVE A
Mission name: GSTB-v2/A
Launch site: GIK-5, LC31
Launched by: Starsem
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 2005-051

From the GCAT launch log, launch 2005-051, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: CIS
Launch date: 2005-12-28
Period: 853.9 min
Inclination: 59.01°
Apogee: 23,483 km
Perigee: 23,388 km
Radar cross-section: 2.3853 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