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Entry no.
2022-0061

COSMOS 1408 DEB

COSMOS 1408 DEB (NORAD 49983) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 14 January 2022.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
49983
International designator
1982-092QA
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
16 Sep 1982Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
14 Jan 2022UTC calendar day
Time since launch
39 years, 3 months14,365 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

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

Also ended on 14 Jan 2022

6 entries
2022-0057FLOCK 3P 572022-0058FLOCK 2K 332022-0059FLOCK 3R 122022-0060ORCA-12022-0056FENGYUN 1C DEB2022-0062COSMOS 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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