COSMOS 2406

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2406 at a glance.

Uptime

7632

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.1

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

71.0

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 2406.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: COSMOS 2406

International designator: 2004-021A

Object number (NORAD): 28352

Object ID (CCSDS): 28352

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: LARGE

Orbital parameters

Period: 101.978 minutes

Inclination: 70.9978 deg

SMA: 7230.449 km

Apoapsis: 856.739 km

Periapsis: 847.89 km

RAAN: 237.1324 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0006119

Argument of periapsis: 14.7771 deg

Mean anomaly: 345.3528 deg

Mean motion: 14.12065422 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000174 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.00012072 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: May 3, 2025, 2:26 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: May 2, 2025, 6:21 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2406

TLE line 1: 1 28352U 04021A 25122.76475940 .00000174 00000-0 12072-3 0 9998

TLE line 2: 2 28352 70.9978 237.1324 0006119 14.7771 345.3528 14.12065422 76772

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2406.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 2406.

Target	Orbit	TCA	Probability of collision	Miss distance	Type
FENGYUN 1C DEB	SSO	2025-05-04 10:42:42	0.000540973	258.0 (m)	DEBRIS
FENGYUN 1C DEB	SSO	2025-04-04 19:08:38	0.0008256354	76.0 (m)	DEBRIS
FENGYUN 1C DEB	SSO	2025-01-18 13:05:29	0.0002874291	561.0 (m)	DEBRIS
FENGYUN 1C DEB	SSO	2024-11-02 11:05:36	0.0001532608	392.0 (m)	DEBRIS
NOAA 17 DEB	SSO	2024-09-06 22:33:26	0.0002218045	680.0 (m)	DEBRIS

Associated space launch

Second generation ELING satellite

COSMOS 2406 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Zenit-2 | Tselina-2 22’, on board a Zenit-2 space rocket.

The launch took place on June 10, 2004, 1:28 a.m. from 45/1.

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Zenit-2 | Tselina-2 22

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: June 10, 2004, 1:28 a.m. UTC

Rocket: Zenit-2

Launch pad: 45/1

Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

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