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Cosmos 2018
Cosmos 2018 was launched on April 20, 1989 aboard a Soyuz-U from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Jun 19, 1989).
COSPAR 1989-031ANORAD 19938Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-2018
- Common name
- Cosmos 2018
- Payload designation
- Kobal't No. 875
- Other names
- Yantar'-4K2 No. 35L:P,11F695 No. 770-15-875:RA
- International designator
- 1989-031A
- NORAD catalog number
- 19938
- GCAT identifier
- S19938
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/205
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Kobal't
- Owner
- UNKS
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- Central Specialized Design Bureau
- Platform (bus)
- Yantar'-4K2
Launch
- Date
- April 20, 1989 · 18:29 UTC
- Launch record
- 1989-031Success
- Rocket
- Soyuz-U
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC43/3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 166 km
- Apogee
- 283 km
- Inclination
- 62.80°
- Status
- Landed
- Status date
- June 19, 1989
- Last known active
- Jun 19, 1989
- End of operations
- Jun 19, 1989
Size
- Mass
- 2,886 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,886 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 6,600 kg
- Length
- 6.3 m
- Diameter
- 2.70 m
- Span
- 6.3 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q12753569 (CC0).