Spacecraft information: COSMOS 409

Launch Details
Launched 27 April 1971
Flight ended
Status Unknown
Launch site Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia
Owner Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR)
NORAD ID 5180
COSPAR ID 1971-038A
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 74.003°
Eccentricity 0.00235
RA ascending node 1.414 hr
Argument perigee 271.377°
Mean anomaly 205.325°
Orbital period 109.269 min
Epoch of osculation 12 Jun 2026, 01:52

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 1182.3 km
Mean Altitude 1200.1 km
Peak Altitude 1217.9 km

Launched alongside

SL-8 R/B

Orbital History

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South El Monte

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Longitude:
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34.05°N
118.05°W
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