COSMOS 2401

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2401 at a glance.

Uptime

8113

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 12.5

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

82.5

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 2401.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: COSMOS 2401

International designator: 2003-037B

Object number (NORAD): 27869

Object ID (CCSDS): 27869

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: MEDIUM

Orbital parameters

Period: 115.616 minutes

Inclination: 82.4653 deg

SMA: 7861.52 km

Apoapsis: 1500.946 km

Periapsis: 1465.825 km

RAAN: 108.4793 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0022337

Argument of periapsis: 185.2832 deg

Mean anomaly: 174.8017 deg

Mean motion: 12.45497725 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000012 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00001614 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Nov. 2, 2025, 4:46 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Nov. 2, 2025, 12:01 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2401

TLE line 1: 1 27869U 03037B 25306.50086595 .00000012 00000-0 16140-4 0 9998

TLE line 2: 2 27869 82.4653 108.4793 0022337 185.2832 174.8017 12.45497725 9553

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2401.

In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated space launch

Second generation store-dump military communications satellites

COSMOS 2401 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-3 133 & 134’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.

The launch took place on Aug. 19, 2003, 10:50 a.m. from 132/1 (132L).

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Launch to space Kosmos-3M | Strela-3 133 & 134
Kosmos-3M | Strela-3 133 & 134

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: Aug. 19, 2003, 10:50 a.m. UTC

Rocket: Kosmos-3M

Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)

Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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