Satellites

Payload

COSMOS 118

DecayedPayloadLEO

COSMOS 118 is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) payload satellite, launched on May 11, 1966 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
May 11, 1966 at 02:10 PM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by
Vostok 8A92M
Operator
Soviet Space Program
Mission
Meteor-1 4

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
125 km
Periapsis
115 km
Inclination
64.95°
Orbital period
86.88 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)
Launch mass
1,250 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1966-038A
NORAD catalog №
2168
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
16.7729 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
November 23, 1988

End of mission

Last active / ended
November 23, 1988
Time in service
22.5 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed