Kosmos 818 (DS-P1-Yu #78), a Soviet radar-calibration target satellite for air-defense and early-warning radar testing. Kosmos 11K63 from Plesetsk Site 133/1 placed the ~400 kg craft in LEO; it reentered 7 March 1977. One of the last DS-P1-Yu flights.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 200 kg
- Flight
- 122nd
- of 126 Kosmos 11K63 flights
- Date and time
- 18 May 1976, 10:59 UTC
- Rocket
- Kosmos 11K63
- Builder
- Yuzhmash
- Launch site
- 133/3 (133L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Test Target
- International designator
- 1976-044
- Launches in 1976
- 45th of 131
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