CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-0028
COSMOS 1408 DEB
COSMOS 1408 DEB (NORAD 50746) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 4 January 2023.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
50746
International designator
1982-092ARW
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
16 Sep 1982Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
4 Jan 2023UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 31 Dec 2022
Time since launch
40 years, 3 months14,720 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 allowedExact 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 4 Jan 2023
22 entriesFrom the same launch
1982-092Part of a break-up
1,802 on recordEntered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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