CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-2054
COSMOS 1408 DEB
COSMOS 1408 DEB (NORAD 49539) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 10 December 2024.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
49539
International designator
1982-092AC
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
16 Sep 1982Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
10 Dec 2024UTC calendar day
Time since launch
42 years, 2 months15,426 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.1°N to 82.1°SFinal inclination 82.1°
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 82.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.1°N and 82.1°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 1408 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 10 Dec 2024
19 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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