Payload
COSMOS 2409
OperationalPayloadLEONORAD 28420
COSMOS 2409 is a Ministry of Defense payload satellite, launched on September 23, 2004 into LEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- September 23, 2004 at 03:07 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
- Launched by
- Kosmos-3M (11K65M) →
- Operator
- Production Corporation Polyot
- Mission
- Strela-3 135 to 136
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 1,494 km
- Periapsis
- 1,474 km
- Inclination
- 82.49°
- Orbital period
- 115.63 min
- Orbit data fetched
- October 14, 2026 at 04:02 PM UTC
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Ministry of Defense
- Manufacturer
- NPO/PM - Scientific Research Institute for Precision Instruments (NII-TP)
- Users
- Military
- Launch mass
- 225 kg
- Design lifetime
- 3 years
- Dimensions
- Ø0.8 × 1.6 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2004-037B
- NORAD catalog №
- 28420
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)- Radar cross-section
- 0.9222 m²
- Status
- Operational