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NORAD 
26045

SL-6 R/B(2)

A rocket body owned by the Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR), in a highly elliptical orbit since 27 December 1999.

Published by 303 Overwatch A.S.B.L from CelesTrak, so that operators whose orbits it crosses can see whose rocket body this is.

This record is derived from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (SATCAT) as built on . Check this record at CelesTrak, or cite this page.

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The record

NORAD catalogue number
26045
Object type
Rocket body
Status
Unknown
Owner
Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR)
International designator
1999-073D
Launched
27 December 1999
Launch site
Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia
Orbit class
HEO
Orbiting
Earth
Perigee
140 km
Apogee
35,638 km
Inclination
62.34 degrees
Period
627.04 minutes
Radar cross-section
6.3063 square metres
Orbit sketchThe Earth as a disc and this object's orbit as an ellipse, both to the same scale: perigee 140 km, apogee 35,638 km.
To scale: the grey disc is the Earth, the line this orbit.

As of 
2026-11-10

Ground track

No current element set for this object: CelesTrak's list of active satellites, as built here on UTC, does not carry it, so no ground track is drawn.

Timeline

  1. Launched from Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia.

  2. Still catalogued in orbit, 27 years after launch.

Source

This record is derived from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (SATCAT), from US Space Force data published on Space-Track.org, as built on . Check this record at CelesTrak. This page carries no position and makes no prediction.

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