In orbitRocket body

SL-12 R/B(2)

NORAD: 36118
COSPAR: 2009-070H

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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: 7.1 m
Diameter: 3.7 m
Span with arrays and booms: 7.1 m
Shape: Cyl

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S36118, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 2009-12-14
Rocket: Proton-M/DM-2
Flight: Kosmos-2456/2458
Mission name: Uragan-M No. 730
Launch site: GIK-5, LC81/24
Launched by: Khrunichev State Research and Production Center
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 2009-070

From the GCAT launch log, launch 2009-070, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: CIS
Launch date: 2009-12-14
Period: 674.9 min
Inclination: 65.10°
Apogee: 19,184 km
Perigee: 19,036 km
Radar cross-section: 0.2512 m²

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

Where it came from

Parent object: SL-12 R/B(1) (NORAD 36117)
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

Debris10 in total, 2 still in orbit
Payload3 in total, 3 still in orbit
Rocket body4 in total, 3 still in orbit