Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1718 at a glance.
Uptime
14489
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: 73.9872 deg
SMA: 7863.235 km
Apoapsis: 1495.969 km
Periapsis: 1474.23 km
RAAN: 118.4276 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00138229
Argument of periapsis: 299.3847 deg
Mean anomaly: 233.5948 deg
Mean motion: 12.45090484 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000013 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0002045271 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 8, 2025, 6:18 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 8, 2025, 9:15 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1718
TLE line 1: 1 16451U 86002C 25251.38542486 .00000013 00000-0 20453-3 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 16451 73.9872 118.4276 0013823 299.3847 233.5948 12.45090484802790
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1718.
In-orbit conjunctions
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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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