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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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated 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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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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