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Entry no.
2023-0037

COSMOS 1408 DEB

COSMOS 1408 DEB (NORAD 50294) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 5 January 2023.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
50294
International designator
1982-092ZK
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
16 Sep 1982Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
5 Jan 2023UTC calendar day
Time since launch
40 years, 3 months14,721 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
83.4°N to 83.4°SFinal inclination 83.4°

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 83.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 83.4°N and 83.4°S.

Life in orbit

COSMOS 1408 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 5 Jan 2023

4 entries
2023-0036IRIDIUM 33 DEB2023-0038COSMOS 1408 DEB2023-0039COSMOS 1408 DEB2023-0040H-2A 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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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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