In orbitDebris

SL-14 DEB

NORAD: 39970
COSPAR: 1987-068CW

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Spacecraft

Owner: Russian Strategic Rocket Forces

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S39970, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1987-08-18
Rocket: Tsiklon-3
Flight: Meteor-2
Mission name: Meteor-2 No. 21
Launch site: NIIP-53, LC32/1
Launched by: Upravleniye Nachalnika Kosmicheskikh Sredstv
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1987-068

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1987-068, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Debris
Owner code: CIS
Launch date: 1987-08-18
Period: 101.8 min
Inclination: 82.54°
Apogee: 852 km
Perigee: 834 km
Radar cross-section: 0.0132 m²

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

Where it came from

Parent object: SL-14 R/B (NORAD 18313)

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

Everything from this launch

Debris107 in total, 38 still in orbit
Payload1 in total, 1 still in orbit
Rocket body1 in total, 1 still in orbit