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Entry no.
2022-0628

COSMOS 1408 DEB

COSMOS 1408 DEB (NORAD 50968) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 26 March 2022.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
50968
International designator
1982-092AXP
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
16 Sep 1982Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
26 Mar 2022UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 25 Mar 2022
Time since launch
39 years, 6 months14,436 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.7°N to 82.7°SFinal inclination 82.7°

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 82.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.7°N and 82.7°S.

Life in orbit

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

Also ended on 26 Mar 2022

11 entries
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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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