Kosmos 518

 1972-070A

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Kosmos-518 was launched on 1972 Sep 15 from Plesetsk. This Gektor/Zenit-2M satellite carried a capsule and was recovered after a 9 day flight.

Kosmos-518
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1972 Sep 15	0940:00	Launch by 11A57	PL
	0944	Blok-I burn
	0948	Blok-I sep
	1057		89.62 203 x 307 x 72.8
1972 Sep 16	0500		89.64 204 x 307 x 72.84 (RAE)
1972 Sep 18	1807		89.55 201 x 303 x 72.8
1972 Sep 22	1909		89.50 201 x 297 x 72.8
1972 Sep 23		Capsule sep (70C)	89.30 200 x 278 x 72.9 (RAE, 70C)
1972 Sep 24	0521?	Retrofire
	0531?	PO sep
	0537?	Entry	-172 x 238 x 72.8
	0553?	Landed