Space AtlasCOSMOS 8 (SPUTNIK 18)
NORAD 367 · Payload · Reentered 1963-08-17
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- 1962-08-18 · Kapustin Yar, Russia
- Country / operator
- CIS (Russia / CIS)
- Object type
- Payload
- Purpose
- Technology demonstration
- Mass
- 235 kg
- Size
- 1.8 × 1.2 m
- Orbit class
- LEO (< 2,000 km)
- Perigee × Apogee
- 167 × 188 km
- Inclination
- 48.9°
- Period
- 87.9 min
- Eccentricity
- 0.0016
- Orbit data
- Reconstructed from catalog orbit
Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).
Same launch
Other objects cataloged from the same launch day and site: co-passengers and the rocket body.