CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1995
COSMOS 1408 DEB
COSMOS 1408 DEB (NORAD 51616) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 December 2023.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
51616
International designator
1982-092BPV
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
16 Sep 1982Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Dec 2023UTC calendar day
Time since launch
41 years, 2 months15,058 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.9°N to 81.9°SFinal inclination 81.9°
Where it came down
Latitude band its orbit allowedExact position not recorded
No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 81.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.9°N and 81.9°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 1408 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 8 Dec 2023
14 entriesFrom the same launch
1982-092Part of a break-up
1,802 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.