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COSMOS 2408 — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 28419)
Track COSMOS 2408 (NORAD catalog number 28419) live on the WatchSat interactive 3D globe above. Its position is propagated in real time from the latest CelesTrak two-line element set using the SGP4/SDP4 orbital model — the same math professional trackers run. It has been on orbit since 2004, launched on the 37th orbital launch of that year (COSPAR designation 2004-037A). It went up together with 1 other satellite from that launch still in the active catalog.
Moving at about 7.13 km/s, COSMOS 2408 flies in low Earth orbit at an altitude of roughly 1,476 × 1,503 km, completing one revolution every 115.6 minutes — about 12.5 trips around Earth per day. The orbit is essentially circular (eccentricity 0.0017). Inclined 82.5° — nearly pole-to-pole — its ground track sweeps essentially every latitude. Its orbital plane crosses the equator northbound at right ascension 274.4°. Earth's equatorial bulge drifts that plane westward about 0.63° per day.
Orbital elements
| Orbit regime | low Earth orbit (LEO) |
|---|---|
| Perigee × apogee altitude | ~1,476 km × 1,503 km |
| Inclination | 82.48° |
| Orbital period | 115.6 min (12.46 rev/day) |
| Eccentricity | 0.00173 |
| Element set epoch | 2026-09-07 |
| COSPAR designation | 2004-037A |
| NORAD catalog number | 28419 |
This page's orbital elements come from the CelesTrak catalog of 2026-09-08. The live 3D view above fetches its own current CelesTrak data when the page opens, through an edge cache that refreshes roughly every 30 minutes.
About the Other Active Satellites group
COSMOS 2408 is one of 4,471 active satellites in WatchSat's general catalog — the broad population of Earth-observation, communications, science, amateur-radio and technology spacecraft outside the giant broadband constellations. Browse all other active satellites live in 3D.
Can you see COSMOS 2408 from the ground?
Sometimes. Like most low-Earth-orbit spacecraft, COSMOS 2408 is visible only around dawn and dusk, when your sky is dark but the satellite is still sunlit — and whether you can spot it depends on its size and reflectivity. See pass predictions for your location for when it is above your horizon and sunlit.
Related satellites
Nearest catalog neighbors of COSMOS 2408 in the Other Active Satellites group — usually craft from the same or adjacent launches:
- COSMOS 2409 (NORAD 28420)
- SHIJIAN-6 01B (SJ-6 01B) (NORAD 28414)
- SHIJIAN-6 01A (SJ-6 01A) (NORAD 28413)
- AMC-15 (NORAD 28446)
- COSMOS 2407 (NORAD 28380)
- ANIK F2 (NORAD 28378)
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