Spacecraft information: RADUGA 18

Launch Details
Launched 16 January 1986
Flight ended
Status Non-operational
Launch site Tyuratam Missile and Space Center, Kazakhstan (Also known as Baikonur Cosmodrome)
Owner Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR)
NORAD ID 16497
COSPAR ID 1986-007A
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 10.499°
Eccentricity 0.00699
RA ascending node 21.409 hr
Argument perigee 202.081°
Mean anomaly 346.788°
Orbital period 1457.315 min
Epoch of osculation 29 Jun 2026, 12:36

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 35910.5 km
Mean Altitude 36208.0 km
Peak Altitude 36505.6 km

Orbital History

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South El Monte

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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