 Kosmos 1867 | |
| Mission type | Radar ocean surveillance |
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 1987-060A |
| SATCAT no. | 18187 |
| Mission duration | ~ 11 months |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Plazma-A |
| Launch mass | 1,500 kilograms (3,307 lb) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | July 10, 1987, 15:36:00 UTC |
| Rocket | Tsyklon-2 |
| Launch site | Baikonur 90 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Eccentricity | 0.00111 |
| Perigee altitude | 797 kilometres (495 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 813 kilometres (505 mi) |
| Inclination | 65.01 degrees |
| Period | 100.8 minutes |
| Epoch | April 14, 2014 UTC 21:26:10.75 |
Kosmos 1867 (Russian: Космос 1867) was a nuclear powered radar ocean reconnaissance satellite (RORSAT) that was launched by the Soviet Union on July 10, 1987. It was put into an orbit of about 800 km (500 mi). Its mission was to monitor the oceans for naval and merchant vessels, and had a mission life of about eleven months.[1][2][3][4]
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- ^ "New Debris Seen from Decommissioned Satellite with Nuclear Power Source" (PDF). Orbital Debris Quarterly News. 13 (1). NASA. January 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2018.