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COSMOS 2416 (RODNIK-S 1)

NORAD 28908· COSPAR 2005-048A· Active satellite· Military & Reconnaissance· LEO
Launch
Launched on Dec 21, 2005 from 132/1 (132L), Russia aboard a Kosmos-3M (11K65M).
Kosmos-3M | Strela-3M 1
GLONASS satellite (representative)
Representative GLONASS image · Patrick G. · CC BY-SA 2.0 · via Wikimedia Commons
Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 11:42 UTC
Orbit class
LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)
Operator
Russia / Soviet Union (military)
Country
Russia
Manufacturer
Launched
Dec 21, 2005
Mass
Apogee
1,452 km
Perigee
1,440 km
Inclination
82.46°
Period
1.91 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.

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for COSMOS 2416 (RODNIK-S 1) 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
1440 × 1452 km
144614521439Aug 26Sep 9
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.

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