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Cosmos 1842
Cosmos 1842 was launched on April 27, 1987 aboard a Tsiklon-3 from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1987-038ANORAD 17911Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-1842
- Common name
- Cosmos 1842
- Payload designation
- Ikar No. 54L
- Other names
- Tselina-D No. 54L:P,11F619 No. 510-76-154:RA
- International designator
- 1987-038A
- NORAD catalog number
- 17911
- GCAT identifier
- S17911
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/168
Mission
- Mission type
- Signals intelligence
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Tselina-D
- Owner
- GRU
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- Southern State Design Bureau
- Platform (bus)
- Tselina-D
Launch
- Date
- April 27, 1987 · 00:00 UTC
- Launch record
- 1987-038Success
- Rocket
- Tsiklon-3
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC32/2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 633 km
- Apogee
- 667 km
- Inclination
- 82.51°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- 1989
- End of operations
- 1989
Size
- Mass
- 1,750 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,750 kg
- Length
- 3.2 m
- Diameter
- 1.30 m
- Span
- 13.1 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q12753479 (CC0).