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Entry no.
2023-1374

COSMOS 1408 DEB

COSMOS 1408 DEB (NORAD 52068) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 July 2023.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
52068
International designator
1982-092BUW
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
16 Sep 1982Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Jul 2023UTC calendar day
Time since launch
40 years, 10 months14,915 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—

Where it came down

Not on record

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.

Life in orbit

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

Also ended on 18 Jul 2023

14 entries
2023-1365FLOCK 4P 62023-1367SDSAT2023-1376STARLINK-301342023-1362FENGYUN 1C DEB2023-1363COSMOS 2251 DEB2023-1364IRIDIUM 91 DEB2023-1366FREGAT DEB2023-1368NOAA 17 DEB2023-1369COSMOS 1408 DEB2023-1370COSMOS 1408 DEB2023-1371COSMOS 1408 DEB2023-1372HELIOS 2A DEB+2 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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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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