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Entry no.
2023-0101

COSMOS 1408 DEB

COSMOS 1408 DEB (NORAD 49898) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 January 2023.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
49898
International designator
1982-092NH
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
16 Sep 1982Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Jan 2023UTC calendar day
Time since launch
40 years, 4 months14,732 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.

Came down with COSMOS 1408 DEB

7 entries
2023-0095PEHUENSAT 12023-0097FLOCK 2P 22023-0098FLOCK 2P 122023-0099FLOCK 3P 472023-0100FLOCK 3P 152023-0102LIGHT-12023-0096PSLV R/B

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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