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Entry no.
2022-1703

COSMOS 1408 DEB

COSMOS 1408 DEB (NORAD 51615) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 13 August 2022.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
51615
International designator
1982-092BPU
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
16 Sep 1982Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
13 Aug 2022UTC calendar day
Time since launch
39 years, 10 months14,576 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 13 Aug 2022

4 entries
2022-1700IRIDIUM 33 DEB2022-1701ARIANE 5 DEB (SYLDA)2022-1702COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-1704FALCON 9 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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