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COSMOS 2428 — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 31792)
Track COSMOS 2428 (NORAD catalog number 31792) 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 2007, launched on the 29th orbital launch of that year (COSPAR designation 2007-029A).
Moving at about 7.43 km/s, COSMOS 2428 flies in low Earth orbit at an altitude of roughly 849 × 864 km, completing one revolution every 101.9 minutes — about 14.1 trips around Earth per day. The orbit is essentially circular (eccentricity 0.0010). Inclined 70.9° to the equator, it overflies every latitude up to about 71° north and south. Its orbital plane crosses the equator northbound at right ascension 182.8°. Earth's equatorial bulge drifts that plane westward about 2.10° per day.
Orbital elements
| Orbit regime | low Earth orbit (LEO) |
|---|---|
| Perigee × apogee altitude | ~849 km × 864 km |
| Inclination | 70.94° |
| Orbital period | 101.9 min (14.13 rev/day) |
| Eccentricity | 0.00101 |
| Element set epoch | 2026-09-06 |
| COSPAR designation | 2007-029A |
| NORAD catalog number | 31792 |
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 2428 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 2428 from the ground?
Sometimes. Like most low-Earth-orbit spacecraft, COSMOS 2428 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 2428 in the Other Active Satellites group — usually craft from the same or adjacent launches:
- SAR-LUPE 2 (NORAD 31797)
- TERRASAR-X (NORAD 31698)
- COSMO-SKYMED 1 (NORAD 31598)
- GLOBALSTAR M072 (NORAD 31574)
- GLOBALSTAR M069 (NORAD 31573)
- WORLDVIEW-1 (WV-1) (NORAD 32060)
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