In orbitRocket body

SL-14 R/B

NORAD: 33505
COSPAR: 2009-003B

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Spacecraft

Built by: Southern SDB
Owner: Russian Space Forces
Platform (bus): S5M
Mass at launch: 1,600 kg
Dry mass: 1,600 kg
Length: 2.8 m
Diameter: 2.2 m
Span with arrays and booms: 2.8 m
Shape: Cyl

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S33505, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 2009-01-30
Rocket: Tsiklon-3
Flight: Koronas-Foton
Mission name: Koronas-Foton
Launch site: GIK-1, LC32/2
Launched by: Russian Space Forces
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 2009-003

From the GCAT launch log, launch 2009-003, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: CIS
Launch date: 2009-01-30
Period: 94.8 min
Inclination: 82.38°
Apogee: 522 km
Perigee: 496 km
Radar cross-section: 3.921 m²

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

Where it came from

Catalogued pieces that came from it: 1

Everything from this launch

Payload1 in total, 1 still in orbit
Rocket body1 in total, 1 still in orbit