Status
Success
Cosmos 818
Launch Time
Tue May 18, 1976 10:59 UTC
Tue May 18, 1976 10:59 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Cosmos 818
Cosmos 818 is a satellite of the DS-P1 constellation. The satellites of the latter are used to test different systems for future Soviet military satellites.
It will test mainly new methods of communication with the ground, new radar systems and modes of power supply by nuclear battery.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 400.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
Site 133/3, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Stats
1976
45th orbital launch attempt
Cosmos-2I
122nd mission
2nd mission of 1976
114th successful mission
10th consecutive successful mission