2026-244Latest orbital launch: Falcon 9 · Starlink Group 15-16 · Oct 27, 2026 · VandenbergLaunch record →
sci-techmaventhe history of spaceflight, in data
  1. Home
  2. Spacecraft
  3. Soyuz TM-18
// human spaceflight · 1994

Soyuz TM-18

1994 Soviet spaceflight. Soyuz TM-18 was launched on January 8, 1994 aboard a Soyuz-U2 from Baikonur. Latest status in GCAT: docked with another object (Jan 10, 1994).

COSPAR 1994-001ANORAD 22957Russia

Identity

Name in GCAT
Soyuz TM-18
Payload designation
Soyuz 7K-STM No. 67
International designator
1994-001A
NORAD catalog number
22957
GCAT identifier
S22957
UN registration
ST/SG/SER.E/275

Mission

Mission type
Human spaceflight
Use
Civil government
Program
7K-STM
Owner
RKKE
Country
Russia
Builder
RKK Energiya
Platform (bus)
7K-STM

Launch

Date
January 8, 1994 · 10:05 UTC
Launch record
1994-001Success
Rocket
Soyuz-U2
Spaceport
Baikonur · pad LC1

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LLEO/I
Perigee
384 km
Apogee
390 km
Inclination
51.62°
Status
Docked with another object
Status date
January 10, 1994
Last known active
Jul 9, 1994
End of operations
Jul 9, 1994

Size

Mass
2,850 kg
Dry mass
2,850 kg
Total mass with attached objects
7,230 kg
Length
7.2 m
Diameter
2.20 m
Span
10.6 m

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q645825 (CC0).