Military
NORAD ID: 33272
Int'l Code: 2008-037A
Perigee: 717.1 km
Apogee: 739.4 km
Inclination: 98.0 °
Period: 99.2 minutes
Semi major axis: 7099 km
Launch date: July 26, 2008
Source: Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
Comments: The satellite, believed to be the first in a new series of spy satellites (Persona), features updated imaging technology and an extended lifetime of up to seven years. The first Persona spacecraft was renamed Kosmos 2441 in the Russian military's nomenclature for satellites.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 33272U 08037A 14113.11794066 .00000301 00000-0 86087-4 0 1033
2 33272 098.0423 161.5529 0015677 009.2525 075.4510 14.51383770304045
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for COSMOS 2441
