Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1818 at a glance.
Uptime
14091
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.3
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
65.0
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 1818.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1818
International designator: 1987-011A
Object number (NORAD): 17369
Object ID (CCSDS): 17369
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.571 minutes
Inclination: 65.0136 deg
SMA: 7163.8 km
Apoapsis: 794.952 km
Periapsis: 776.377 km
RAAN: 341.5096 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00129647
Argument of periapsis: 262.394 deg
Mean anomaly: 97.5672 deg
Mean motion: 14.31817287 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000022 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000045461688 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 31, 2025, 2:26 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 30, 2025, 3:06 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1818
TLE line 1: 1 17369U 87011A 25242.62926861 .00000022 00000-0 45462-4 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 17369 65.0136 341.5096 0012965 262.3940 97.5672 14.31817287 67197
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1818.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 1818.
Associated space launch
Nuclear-powered magnetospheric research satellite
COSMOS 1818 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-2 | Plasma-A 1’, on board a Tsiklon-2 space rocket.
The launch took place on Feb. 1, 1987, 11:30 p.m. from 90.
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Tsiklon-2 | Plasma-A 1
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Feb. 1, 1987, 11:30 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Tsiklon-2
Launch pad: 90
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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