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COSMOS 2018

DecayedPayloadLEO

A catalogued spacecraft payload.

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Launch

Launch date
April 20, 1989 at 06:29 PM UTC
Launch site
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Launched by
Soyuz U →
Operator
Soviet Space Program
Mission
Yantar-4K2 45
Launch record
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Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
250 km
Periapsis
159 km
Inclination
62.78°
Orbital period
88.59 min

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1989-031A
NORAD catalog №
19938
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
33.37 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
June 19, 1989

End of mission

Last active / ended
June 19, 1989
Time in service
60 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed

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