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SOYUZ-TMA 18

DecayedPayloadLEO

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Launch

Launch date
April 2, 2010 at 04:04 AM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by
Soyuz FG →
Operator
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Mission
Soyuz TMA-18
Launch record
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Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
360 km
Periapsis
350 km
Inclination
51.64°
Orbital period
91.64 min

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
2010-011A
NORAD catalog №
36505
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
5.1856 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
September 25, 2010

End of mission

Last active / ended
September 25, 2010
Time in service
176 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed

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