In orbitRocket body

SL-12 R/B(2)

NORAD: 33383
COSPAR: 2008-046F

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Spacecraft

Built by: RKK Energiya
Owner: Khrunichev State Research and Production Center
Platform (bus): Blok DM2
Main engine: 11D58M
Mass at launch: 17,490 kg
Dry mass: 2,440 kg
Total mass with attached parts: 2,440 kg
Length: 6.3 m
Diameter: 3.7 m
Span with arrays and booms: 6.3 m
Shape: Cyl

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S33383, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 2008-09-25
Rocket: Proton-M/DM-2
Flight: Kosmos-2442/2444
Mission name: Uragan-M No. 724
Launch site: GIK-5, LC81/23
Launched by: Khrunichev State Research and Production Center
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 2008-046

From the GCAT launch log, launch 2008-046, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: CIS
Launch date: 2008-09-25
Period: 675.2 min
Inclination: 65.38°
Apogee: 19,170 km
Perigee: 19,063 km
Radar cross-section: 6.3096 m²

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

Where it came from

Parent object: SL-12 R/B(1) (NORAD 33382)
Catalogued pieces that came from it: 6

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

Everything from this launch

Debris12 in total, 9 still in orbit
Payload3 in total, 3 still in orbit
Rocket body4 in total, 3 still in orbit