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Entry no.
2023-1384

COSMOS 1408 DEB

COSMOS 1408 DEB (NORAD 49642) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 22 July 2023.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
49642
International designator
1982-092EK
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
16 Sep 1982Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
22 Jul 2023UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 12 Apr 2023
Time since launch
40 years, 10 months14,919 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
83.1°N to 83.1°SFinal inclination 83.1°

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 83.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 83.1°N and 83.1°S.

Life in orbit

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

Also ended on 22 Jul 2023

9 entries
2023-1383DIY-1/ARDUIQUBE2023-1390YZ-1S R/B2023-1381IRIDIUM 33 DEB2023-1382CZ-4C DEB2023-1385COSMOS 1408 DEB2023-1386HELIOS 2A DEB2023-1387COSMOS 1408 DEB2023-1388COSMOS 1408 DEB2023-1389FALCON 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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