In orbitRocket body

SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)

NORAD: 33385
COSPAR: 2008-046H

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Spacecraft

Built by: RKK Energiya
Owner: Russian Space 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 S33385, 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: 341.3 min
Inclination: 65.23°
Apogee: 18,789 km
Perigee: 812 km
Radar cross-section: 0.5332 m²

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

Where it came from

Parent object: SL-12 R/B(2) (NORAD 33383)
Catalogued pieces that came from it: 11

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