COSMOS 2408

NORAD 28419· COSPAR 2004-037A· Active satellite· Military & Reconnaissance· LEO

Launch

Launched on Sep 23, 2004 from 132/1 (132L), Russia aboard a Kosmos-3M (11K65M).

Kosmos-3M | Strela-3 135 to 136 →

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Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 14:50 UTC

Orbit class

LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)

Operator

Russia / Soviet Union (military)

Country

Russia

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Sep 23, 2004

Mass

—

Apogee

1,501 km

Perigee

1,474 km

Inclination

82.48°

Period

1.93 h

Part of the GLONASS constellation · this satellite is one of 758

Russian satellite navigation system. ~24 active sats in MEO at ~19,100 km.

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Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for COSMOS 2408 across 14 days of archived orbital elements (15 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Stable

Change

-0.0 km

Rate

-0.00 km/day

Now

1474 × 1501 km

Apogee Perigee

Derived from our own archive of CelesTrak orbital elements, sampled every 3 hours. Short windows show drag and station-keeping; they are not a reentry prediction.

Launched with

One other catalogued object still in orbit from launch 2004-037 (Kosmos-3M | Strela-3 135 to 136).

COSMOS 2409 · 28420

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