Operated by GosNII GA Research Institute. Has electronic equipment for research of the earth's surface including 723-SLA radar on port side. Reverted to a normal Il-18D circa 1995 and leased to IRS Aero in 1997, then to Aerocaribbean as CU-T1546 in 2004. Preserved for a couple of years after being withdrawn from service at Havana but scrapped there in 2012.