25723 - SL-8 Rocket Body

This SL-8 rocket body was part of the Cosmos rocket that launched ABRIXAS (A BRoad-band Imaging X-ray All-sky Survey) which was a German astronomy spacecraft intended to monitor X-ray emissions in the universe.

Alternate Names

Abrixas Rocket

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 1999-04-28
Launch Vehicle: Cosmos
Launch Site: Kapustin Yar, Russia