Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1718 at a glance.
Uptime
14366
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 1718.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1718
International designator: 1986-002C
Object number (NORAD): 16451
Object ID (CCSDS): 16451
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 115.654 minutes
Inclination: 73.9877 deg
SMA: 7863.242 km
Apoapsis: 1495.389 km
Periapsis: 1474.825 km
RAAN: 278.8956 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0013076
Argument of periapsis: 121.5282 deg
Mean anomaly: 351.265 deg
Mean motion: 12.45088655 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000018 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.000012928 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 10, 2025, 2:32 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 9, 2025, 7:32 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1718
TLE line 1: 1 16451U 86002C 25129.81435972 -.00000018 00000-0 -12928-4 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 16451 73.9877 278.8956 0013076 121.5282 351.2650 12.45088655787663
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1718.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 1718 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 297-304’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Jan. 9, 1986, 2:48 a.m. from 132/2.
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 297-304
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Jan. 9, 1986, 2:48 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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