Break-up record
Cosmos 1408
Cosmos 1408 was a Soviet satellite launched in 1982 that had long stopped working. On 15 November 2021 it was destroyed by a Russian anti-satellite missile test, scattering fragments across low Earth orbit. 1,802 of its fragments are now entered in the Orbital Register; all but 4 came down after 15 November 2021. The largest remaining piece, still catalogued as COSMOS 1408, re-entered on 27 October 2024 (2024-1716).
1,802
Fragments on record
15 Nov 2021
Break-up
25 May 2022
Half down by
2 Jun 2026
Latest to come down
4
Still in orbit
Fragments coming down, month by month
Bars: per month · line: share of the cloud downFragments re-entered that monthShare of all 1,802 on record
The fragments
Every fragment on record
Each fragment has its own register entry and permanent number. Fragment pages are kept out of search results; this page carries them.
Entry no.ObjectCountryLaunchedEnded (UTC)In orbitHow it ended
2017-0026COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 42060 · 1982-092C · FragmentUSSR—23 Feb 2017—Re-entered2020-0013COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50261 · 1982-092YA · FragmentUSSR—16 Jan 2020—Re-entered2020-0014COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50353 · 1982-092ABP · FragmentUSSR—17 Jan 2020—Re-entered2020-0017COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50380 · 1982-092ACS · FragmentUSSR—18 Jan 2020—Re-entered2021-0434COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49548 · 1982-092AM · FragmentUSSR—30 Nov 2021—Re-entered2021-0438COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49615 · 1982-092DG · FragmentUSSR—2 Dec 2021—Re-entered2021-0439COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49794 · 1982-092JL · FragmentUSSR—2 Dec 2021—Re-entered2021-0441COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49618 · 1982-092DK · FragmentUSSR—3 Dec 2021—Re-entered2021-0442COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49698 · 1982-092GT · FragmentUSSR—3 Dec 2021—Re-entered2021-0443COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49820 · 1982-092KB · FragmentUSSR—3 Dec 2021—Re-entered2021-0447COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49545 · 1982-092AJ · FragmentUSSR—5 Dec 2021—Re-entered2021-0448COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49581 · 1982-092BW · FragmentUSSR—5 Dec 2021—Re-entered2021-0450COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49614 · 1982-092DF · FragmentUSSR—9 Dec 2021—Re-entered2021-0451COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49715 · 1982-092HL · FragmentUSSR—9 Dec 2021—Re-entered2021-0452COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49807 · 1982-092JZ · FragmentUSSR—9 Dec 2021—Re-entered2021-0455COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49696 · 1982-092GR · FragmentUSSR—10 Dec 2021—Re-entered2021-0464COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49673 · 1982-092FS · FragmentUSSR—14 Dec 2021—Re-entered2021-0466COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49987 · 1982-092QE · FragmentUSSR—14 Dec 2021—Re-entered2021-0472COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49603 · 1982-092CU · FragmentUSSR—15 Dec 2021—Re-entered2021-0473COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49711 · 1982-092HG · FragmentUSSR—15 Dec 2021—Re-entered
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