COSMOS 1018

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 1018 at a glance.

Uptime

17363

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: 74.0245 deg

SMA: 7843.023 km

Apoapsis: 1488.061 km

Periapsis: 1441.715 km

RAAN: 208.732 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0029546

Argument of periapsis: 333.154 deg

Mean anomaly: 134.1032 deg

Mean motion: 12.49906596 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000016 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00021241813 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Dec. 19, 2025, 2:08 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Dec. 18, 2025, 10:45 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1018

TLE line 1: 1 10935U 78056F 25352.94858203 .00000016 00000-0 21242-3 0 9991

TLE line 2: 2 10935 74.0245 208.7320 0029546 333.1540 134.1032 12.49906596168807

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1018.

In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated 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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Launch to space Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 145-152
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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