In orbitRocket body

BREEZE-M R/B

NORAD: 28944
COSPAR: 2006-006B

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Spacecraft

Built by: Khrunichev State Research and Production Center
Owner: Khrunichev State Research and Production Center
Platform (bus): Briz
Mass at launch: 7,500 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Dry mass: 1,600 kg
Total mass with attached parts: 8,500 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Length: 2.6 m
Diameter: 2.5 m
Span with arrays and booms: 2.6 m
Shape: Cyl

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S28944, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 2006-02-28
Rocket: Proton-M/Briz-M I
Flight: Arabsat 4A
Mission name: Arabsat 4A
Launch site: GIK-5, LC200/39
Launched by: International Launch Services, Khrunichev
Rocket performance: Failure
Launch designator: 2006-006

From the GCAT launch log, launch 2006-006, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: CIS
Launch date: 2006-02-28
Period: 283.9 min
Inclination: 50.77°
Apogee: 14,813 km
Perigee: 1,045 km
Radar cross-section: 13.5394 m²

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

Where it came from

Catalogued pieces that came from it: 107

Everything from this launch

Debris106 in total, 90 still in orbit
Payload1 in total, 0 still in orbit
Rocket body1 in total, 1 still in orbit