Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1018 at a glance.
Uptime
17313
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.5
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.0
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 1018.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1018
International designator: 1978-056F
Object number (NORAD): 10935
Object ID (CCSDS): 10935
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 115.209 minutes
Inclination: 74.0248 deg
SMA: 7843.028 km
Apoapsis: 1487.337 km
Periapsis: 1442.449 km
RAAN: 273.8352 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00286168
Argument of periapsis: 46.6696 deg
Mean anomaly: 9.5358 deg
Mean motion: 12.49905266 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000011 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00017300272 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 31, 2025, 3 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 30, 2025, 10:58 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1018
TLE line 1: 1 10935U 78056F 25303.95719058 .00000011 00000-0 17300-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 10935 74.0248 273.8352 0028617 46.6696 9.5358 12.49905266162683
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1018.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 1018 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 145-152’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on June 7, 1978, 10 p.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 145-152
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: June 7, 1978, 10 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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