Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 409 at a glance.
Uptime
19793
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.2
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.0
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 409.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 409
International designator: 1971-038A
Object number (NORAD): 5180
Object ID (CCSDS): 5180
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 109.27 minutes
Inclination: 73.9994 deg
SMA: 7571.144 km
Apoapsis: 1209.825 km
Periapsis: 1176.193 km
RAAN: 175.5569 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0022211
Argument of periapsis: 132.8094 deg
Mean anomaly: 12.323 deg
Mean motion: 13.17833398 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000218 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.00050902 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 5, 2025, 5:45 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 5, 2025, 11:50 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 409
TLE line 1: 1 05180U 71038A 25186.49362759 -.00000218 00000-0 -50902-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 05180 73.9994 175.5569 0022211 132.8094 12.3230 13.17833398606571
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 409.
Associated space launch
The Sfera or Geoid series were the first soviet geodetic satellites to improve the accuracy of maps. The development of the satellites started in 1965 at NPO-PM.
COSMOS 409 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Sfera 6’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on April 28, 1971, 2:35 p.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Sfera 6
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: April 28, 1971, 2:35 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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