05730 - SL-8 Rocket Body

This SL-8 rocket body was part of the Cosmos rocket that launched Oreol 1, a Soviet satellite to research the nature of auroral phenomena.

Alternate Names

Oreol 1 Rocket
Aureol 1 Rocket

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 1971-12-27
Launch Vehicle: Modified SS-5 (SKean IRBM) plus Upper Stage
Launch Site: Plesetsk, U.S.S.R