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Entry no.
2022-1173

COSMOS 1408 DEB

COSMOS 1408 DEB (NORAD 51512) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 May 2022.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
51512
International designator
1982-092BKM
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
16 Sep 1982Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
16 May 2022UTC calendar day
Time since launch
39 years, 8 months14,487 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.8°N to 82.8°SFinal inclination 82.8°

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 82.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.8°N and 82.8°S.

Life in orbit

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

Also ended on 16 May 2022

13 entries
2022-1163PSLV DEB2022-1164IRIDIUM 33 DEB2022-1165COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-1166COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-1167COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-1168COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-1169COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-1170COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-1171COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-1172COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-1174COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-1175COSMOS 1408 DEB+1 more

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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