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Entry no.
2023-0218

COSMOS 1408 DEB

COSMOS 1408 DEB (NORAD 52206) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 February 2023.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
52206
International designator
1982-092BVN
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
16 Sep 1982Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
3 Feb 2023UTC calendar day
Time since launch
40 years, 4 months14,750 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 3 Feb 2023

18 entries
2023-0207FLOCK 3P 282023-0208FLOCK 3P 492023-0209FLOCK 3P 612023-0210IRVINE012023-0211LEMUR 2 ORZULAK2023-0212LEMUR 2 KOBYSZCZE2023-0221NACHOS-12023-0204DMSP 5D-2 F11 DEB2023-0205SL-18 DEB2023-0206COSMOS 2251 DEB2023-0213SPOT 4 DEB2023-0214RESURS O1 DEB+6 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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