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Entry no.
2021-0495

COSMOS 1408 DEB

COSMOS 1408 DEB (NORAD 49861) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 December 2021.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
49861
International designator
1982-092LU
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
16 Sep 1982Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Dec 2021UTC calendar day
Time since launch
39 years, 3 months14,340 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.8°N to 81.8°SFinal inclination 81.8°

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 81.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.8°N and 81.8°S.

Life in orbit

Also ended on 20 Dec 2021

10 entries
2021-0488STARLINK-10232021-0489STARLINK-10512021-0490NARSSCUBE-12021-0491STARLINK-19432021-0492LEMUR 2 BAXTER-OLIVER2021-0493STARLINK-23112021-0494STARLINK-22592021-0496SOYUZ MS-202021-0487COSMOS 2251 DEB2021-0497COSMOS 1408 DEB

From the same launch

1982-092
2024-1716Cosmos 1408

Part of a break-up

1,802 on record
1,802One of 1,802 fragments of Cosmos 1408 on record →
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