In orbitRocket body

SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)

NORAD: 29680
COSPAR: 2006-062G

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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 S29680, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 2006-12-25
Rocket: Proton-K/DM-2
Flight: Kosmos-2424/2426
Mission name: Uragan-M No. 715
Launch site: GIK-5, LC81/24
Launched by: Khrunichev State Research and Production Center
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 2006-062

From the GCAT launch log, launch 2006-062, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: CIS
Launch date: 2006-12-25
Period: 338.1 min
Inclination: 65.11°
Apogee: 18,900 km
Perigee: 494 km
Radar cross-section: 0.498 m²

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

Where it came from

Parent object: SL-12 R/B(2) (NORAD 29673)
Catalogued pieces that came from it: 8

The object this one was attached to at launch, or broke off from, as GCAT records it.

Everything from this launch

Debris11 in total, 9 still in orbit
Payload3 in total, 3 still in orbit
Rocket body4 in total, 3 still in orbit