CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2022-1565
COSMOS 1408 DEB
COSMOS 1408 DEB (NORAD 51943) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 14 July 2022.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
51943
International designator
1982-092BTV
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
16 Sep 1982Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
14 Jul 2022UTC calendar day
Time since launch
39 years, 9 months14,546 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
83.2°N to 83.2°SFinal inclination 83.2°
Where it came down
Latitude band its orbit allowedExact position not recorded
No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 83.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 83.2°N and 83.2°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 Jul 2022
10 entriesFrom the same launch
1982-092Part of a break-up
1,802 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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