Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 400 at a glance.
Uptime
19994
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.7
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
65.8
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 400.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 400
International designator: 1971-020A
Object number (NORAD): 5050
Object ID (CCSDS): 5050
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.941 minutes
Inclination: 65.8257 deg
SMA: 7369.82 km
Apoapsis: 1003.241 km
Periapsis: 980.128 km
RAAN: 292.269 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00156811
Argument of periapsis: 255.5702 deg
Mean anomaly: 272.2213 deg
Mean motion: 13.72200132 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000057 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000024980762 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 6:52 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 400
TLE line 1: 1 05050U 71020A 25346.28615891 -.00000057 00000-0 24981-4 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 05050 65.8257 292.2690 0015681 255.5702 272.2213 13.72200132742308
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 400.
Associated space launch
ASAT target satellite
COSMOS 400 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | DS-P1-M 4’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on March 18, 1971, 9:45 p.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | DS-P1-M 4
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: March 18, 1971, 9:45 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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