Launch · COSPAR 1991-079 · 22 Nov 1991

COSMOS 2172

Name: Launch 1991-079 — COSMOS 2172
Start: 1991-11-22
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
COSMOS 2172 Kosmos (Russian military / government)	21789	1991-079A	Unknown	GEO	35,787 / 35,807 km	13.19°	on orbit	Russian Ministry of Defence

Rocket body Rocket body · 4

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
SL-12 R/B(1)	21790	1991-079B	Decayed	LEO	148 / 152 km	51.63°	24 Nov 1991	—
SL-12 R/B(2)	21792	1991-079D	Inactive	GEO	36,236 / 36,278 km	13.97°	on orbit	—
SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)	21793	1991-079E	Decayed	LEO	77 / 1,638 km	46.52°	23 Jun 1992	—
SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)	21794	1991-079F	Decayed	LEO	121 / 498 km	46.30°	15 Oct 1996	—

Debris Debris · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
SL-12 PLAT	21791	1991-079C	Decayed	LEO	180 / 190 km	51.62°	23 Nov 1991	—

Record

Timeline

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 1991-079; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.