Official name METEOR 1-18
Alternative name Meteor 1-18
Cospar ID 1974-052A
Norad ID 7363
Launch date 1974-07-09
Launch site PKMTR
Launch vehicle Vostok-2M
Country/Organization USSR
Type application Meteorology, earth observation
RCS size LARGE
Decay date ON ORBIT
Period (min) 102.85
Inclination (deg) 81.23
Perigee (km) 880
Apogee (km) 907
Eccentricity 0.0151091214325686
Mean motion (revs. per day) 14.0009722897423
Semi-Major axis (km) 7271.635
Raan (deg) 27.7582
Arg of perigee (deg) 116.8619
Shape Cyl + 2 Pan
Mass (kg) 1280
Diameter (m) 1.4
Height (m) 4.5
Span (m^2) 4.5
Contractors VNIIEM
Configuration SP-1 bus
Power 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries

Meteor-Priroda

Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
METEOR 1-18 1974-052A 1974-07-09 PKMTR Vostok-2M
METEOR 1-25 1976-043A 1976-05-15 PKMTR Vostok-2M
METEOR 1-28 1977-057A 1977-06-29 TTMTR Vostok-2M
METEOR 1-29 1979-005A 1979-01-25 TTMTR Vostok-2M
METEOR 1-30 1980-051A 1980-06-18 TTMTR Vostok-2M
METEOR PRIRODA 1981-065A 1981-07-10 TTMTR Vostok-2M with Iskra 1