In orbitDebris

COSMOS 1818 COOLANT

NORAD: 36940
COSPAR: 1987-011U

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Spacecraft

Owner: Russian Space Forces
Platform (bus): RCB

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S36940, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1987-02-01
Rocket: Tsiklon-2
Flight: Kosmos-1818
Mission name: Plazma-A No. 1
Launch site: NIIP-5, LC90
Launched by: Upravleniye Nachalnika Kosmicheskikh Sredstv
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1987-011

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1987-011, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Debris
Owner code: CIS
Launch date: 1987-02-01
Period: 100.4 min
Inclination: 65.01°
Apogee: 788 km
Perigee: 770 km
Radar cross-section: 0.0033 m²

From CelesTrak SATCAT, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Where it came from

Parent object: COSMOS 1818 (NORAD 17369)

The object this one was attached to at launch, or broke off from, as GCAT records it.

Everything from this launch

Debris55 in total, 52 still in orbit
Payload1 in total, 1 still in orbit
Rocket body1 in total, 0 still in orbit