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Entry no.
2023-0030

COSMOS 1408 DEB

COSMOS 1408 DEB (NORAD 51561) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 4 January 2023.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
51561
International designator
1982-092BMN
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
16 Sep 1982Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
4 Jan 2023UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 2 Jan 2023
Time since launch
40 years, 3 months14,720 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.6°N to 82.6°SFinal inclination 82.6°

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 82.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.6°N and 82.6°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

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2023-0013COSMOS 9172023-0015FLOCK 3P 452023-0016FLOCK 3P 712023-0017FLOCK 3K 102023-0018Tianyi-172023-0022SPACEBEE-862023-0023SPACEBEE-852023-0024SPACEBEE-842023-0014IRIDIUM 33 DEB2023-0019FREGAT DEB2023-0020FREGAT DEB2023-0021RESURS O1 DEB+10 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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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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