Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1860 FUEL CORE at a glance.
Uptime
13959
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.9
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 1860 FUEL CORE.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1860 FUEL CORE
International designator: 1987-052D
Object number (NORAD): 18241
Object ID (CCSDS): 18241
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 103.674 minutes
Inclination: 65.0089 deg
SMA: 7310.377 km
Apoapsis: 969.135 km
Periapsis: 895.349 km
RAAN: 156.3071 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00504666
Argument of periapsis: 248.9658 deg
Mean anomaly: 279.096 deg
Mean motion: 13.88970888 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000079 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000008843512 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 4, 2025, 10:13 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 4, 2025, 5:40 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1860 FUEL CORE
TLE line 1: 1 18241U 87052D 25247.23674345 -.00000079 00000-0 88435-5 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 18241 65.0089 156.3071 0050467 248.9658 279.0960 13.88970888598907
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1860 FUEL CORE.
Associated space launch
Active radar satellite for ocean surveillance powered by a nuclear reactor.
COSMOS 1860 FUEL CORE was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-2 | US-A 30’, on board a Tsiklon-2 space rocket.
The launch took place on June 18, 1987, 9:33 p.m. from 90.
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Tsiklon-2 | US-A 30
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: June 18, 1987, 9:33 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Tsiklon-2
Launch pad: 90
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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