Launch · COSPAR 1981-027 · 18 Mar 1981

RADUGA 8

Name: Launch 1981-027 — RADUGA 8
Start: 1981-03-18
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome (Tyuratam)

Payloads

Catalogued objects

payloads + rocket bodies + debris

Still on orbit

Decayed

67% of objects

Owners (SATCAT owner codes)

Catalogue

Objects from this launch · 6

Payload Payload · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
RADUGA 8	12351	1981-027A	Unknown	GEO	35,413 / 36,099 km	6.09°	on orbit	—

Rocket body Rocket body · 4

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
SL-12 R/B(1)	12353	1981-027C	Decayed	LEO	126 / 137 km	51.63°	20 Mar 1981	—
SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)	12396	1981-027D	Decayed	HEO	200 / 36,370 km	47.14°	30 Sept 1981	—
SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)	12397	1981-027E	Decayed	OTHER	95 / 3,614 km	46.89°	15 Apr 1982	—
SL-12 R/B(2)	14194	1981-027F	Inactive	GEO	36,463 / 36,605 km	7.85°	on orbit	—

Debris Debris · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
SL-12 PLAT	12352	1981-027B	Decayed	LEO	129 / 147 km	51.61°	18 Mar 1981	—

Record

Timeline

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 1981-027; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.