CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2021-0455
COSMOS 1408 DEB
COSMOS 1408 DEB (NORAD 49696) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 10 December 2021.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
49696
International designator
1982-092GR
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
16 Sep 1982Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
10 Dec 2021UTC calendar day
Time since launch
39 years, 2 months14,330 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.8°N to 82.8°SFinal inclination 82.8°
Where it came down
Latitude band its orbit allowedExact position not recorded
No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 82.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.8°N and 82.8°S.
Life in orbit
Also ended on 10 Dec 2021
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1982-092Part of a break-up
1,802 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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