Payload
COSMOS 2518 (EKS 2)
OperationalPayloadHEONORAD 42719
COSMOS 2518 is a Ministry of Defense payload satellite, launched on May 25, 2017 into HEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- May 25, 2017 at 06:33 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
- Launched by
- Soyuz 2.1b Fregat →
- Operator
- Russian Space Forces
- Mission
- EKS-2 (Tundra 2) (Kosmos 2518)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- HEO
- Apoapsis
- 38,668 km
- Periapsis
- 1,648 km
- Inclination
- 63.05°
- Orbital period
- 716.99 min
- Orbit data fetched
- October 14, 2026 at 04:02 PM UTC
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Ministry of Defense
- Manufacturer
- RKK Energia
- Users
- Military
- Launch mass
- 2,550 kg
- Dimensions
- 4 × 2 × 2 m
- Detailed purpose
- Early Warning
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2017-027A
- NORAD catalog №
- 42719
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)- Status
- Operational