CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2021-0513
COSMOS 1408 DEB
COSMOS 1408 DEB (NORAD 49669) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 24 December 2021.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
49669
International designator
1982-092FN
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
16 Sep 1982Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
24 Dec 2021UTC calendar day
Time since launch
39 years, 3 months14,344 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
83.2°N to 83.2°SFinal inclination 83.2°
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 83.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 83.2°N and 83.2°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 1408 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 24 Dec 2021
1 entryFrom 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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© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.