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Entry no.
2022-0043

COSMOS 1408 DEB

COSMOS 1408 DEB (NORAD 50216) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 9 January 2022.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
50216
International designator
1982-092WD
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
16 Sep 1982Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
9 Jan 2022UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 6 Jan 2022
Time since launch
39 years, 3 months14,360 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.0°N to 81.0°SFinal inclination 81.0°

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 81.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.0°N and 81.0°S.

Life in orbit

Also ended on 9 Jan 2022

7 entries
2022-0037ERBS2022-0039STARLINK-13452022-0038CBERS 1 DEB2022-0040COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-0041COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-0042COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-0044COSMOS 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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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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