In orbitDebris

SL-24 DEB

NORAD: 33318
COSPAR: 2008-040G

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Spacecraft

Built by: Southern SDB
Owner: MKK Kosmotras
Mass at launch: 50 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Dry mass: 50 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Length: 2.5 m
Diameter: 2.5 m
Span with arrays and booms: 2.5 m
Shape: Cone

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S33318, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 2008-08-29
Rocket: Dnepr
Flight: RapidEye 1-5
Mission name: RapidEye 2
Launch site: GIK-5, LC109/95
Launched by: KTRAS/RVSNR
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 2008-040

From the GCAT launch log, launch 2008-040, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Debris
Owner code: CIS
Launch date: 2008-08-29
Period: 94.2 min
Inclination: 98.00°
Apogee: 489 km
Perigee: 475 km
Radar cross-section: 4.6389 m²

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

Where it came from

Parent object: SL-24 R/B (NORAD 33319)

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

Everything from this launch

Debris2 in total, 1 still in orbit
Payload5 in total, 5 still in orbit
Rocket body1 in total, 1 still in orbit