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Entry no.
2022-2251

COSMOS 1408 DEB

COSMOS 1408 DEB (NORAD 49626) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 November 2022.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
49626
International designator
1982-092DT
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
16 Sep 1982Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Nov 2022UTC calendar day
Time since launch
40 years, 2 months14,671 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.5°N to 82.5°SFinal inclination 82.5°

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 82.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.5°N and 82.5°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 Nov 2022

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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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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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