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Entry no.
2023-0203

COSMOS 1408 DEB

COSMOS 1408 DEB (NORAD 51393) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 February 2023.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
51393
International designator
1982-092BHP
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
16 Sep 1982Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Feb 2023UTC calendar day
Time since launch
40 years, 4 months14,749 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.8°N to 82.8°SFinal inclination 82.8°

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 82.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.8°N and 82.8°S.

Life in orbit

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

Also ended on 2 Feb 2023

2 entries
2023-0202CZ-6 R/B2023-0201THORAD AGENA D 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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