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Entry no.
2023-1232

COSMOS 1408 DEB

COSMOS 1408 DEB (NORAD 50456) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 June 2023.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
50456
International designator
1982-092AFW
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
16 Sep 1982Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
15 Jun 2023UTC calendar day
Time since launch
40 years, 8 months14,882 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.9°N to 82.9°SFinal inclination 82.9°

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 82.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.9°N and 82.9°S.

Life in orbit

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

Also ended on 15 Jun 2023

8 entries
2023-1230MITEE 12023-1231SPACEBEE-502023-1229DMSP 5D-2 F13 DEB2023-1233COSMOS 1408 DEB2023-1234CZ-6A DEB2023-1235FALCON-9 DEB2023-1236FALCON 9 DEB2023-1237FALCON 9 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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