NORAD ID: 18187 Int'l Code: 1987-060A
Perigee: 786.3 km
Apogee: 805.3 km
Inclination: 65.0 °
Period: 100.6 minutes
Semi major axis: 7,166.8 km
Launch date: July 10, 1987
Source: Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
Comments: Cosmos 1867 was a Soviet nuclear powered Radar Ocean Reconnaissance Satellite (RORSAT) launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome aboard a Tsyklon 2 rocket. The RORSATs were designed to search the oceans for US Navy task forces and other shipping.
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