COSMOS 2391

MilitaryLEOPolarRussia
Track COSMOS 2391 live

COSMOS 2391 is a military satellite, as listed in Jonathan McDowell's GCAT catalogue, with ownership listed as Russia in CelesTrak's catalogue, currently in low Earth orbit, around 1,472 km altitude. It completes one orbit of Earth roughly every 116 minutes at an inclination of 82.5°. It was launched in 2002. Track its live position and see when it passes over your location on azmth.

Orbital data

NORAD ID
27465
COSPAR ID
2002-036B
Type
Military
Orbit
LEO
Perigee (lowest)
1,472 km
Apogee (highest)
1,513 km
Inclination
82.48°
Orbital period
116 min
Launch year
2002
Owner (CelesTrak)
Russia

Orbital data updated: 2026-10-18 · from CelesTrak, refreshed every 2 hours.

Who operates it

RussiaLIVEMission ended about 2007
Communications

Independent assessment

GCAT classes it as a military satellite for communications and records its mission as ended in about 2007 (17 Oct 2026).

Data: GCAT · CC BY 4.0 Class, mission and status adapted from GCAT by Jonathan McDowell, CC BY 4.0, data update 17 Oct 2026.

Military satellites, counted and explained →

About LEO orbit

Low Earth Orbit. Up to 2,000 km altitude. Where most satellites live including the ISS (~420 km), Starlink (~550 km), and Earth observation. Orbital period roughly 90 minutes.

Related satellites

Found this useful? Share it

Open COSMOS 2391 in the live tracker →

azmth is a free, real-time satellite tracker showing every active satellite on an interactive 3D globe. No signup, no ads.