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Entry no.
2021-0540

COSMOS 1408 DEB

COSMOS 1408 DEB (NORAD 49685) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 30 December 2021.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
49685
International designator
1982-092GE
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
16 Sep 1982Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
30 Dec 2021UTC calendar day
Time since launch
39 years, 3 months14,350 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.4°N to 82.4°SFinal inclination 82.4°

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 82.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.4°N and 82.4°S.

Life in orbit

COSMOS 1408 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 30 Dec 2021

7 entries
2021-0536SATLLA-12021-0537STARLINK-22052021-0538STARLINK-22072021-0535COSMOS 2251 DEB2021-0539COSMOS 1408 DEB2021-0541COSMOS 1408 DEB2021-0542SEASAT 1 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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