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
2022-0221COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49916 · 1982-092PB · FragmentUSSR—4 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0224COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50883 · 1982-092AUA · FragmentUSSR—4 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0226COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50034 · 1982-092RW · FragmentUSSR—5 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0227COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50037 · 1982-092RZ · FragmentUSSR—5 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0228COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50122 · 1982-092VN · FragmentUSSR—5 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0229COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50416 · 1982-092AEE · FragmentUSSR—5 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0230COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50448 · 1982-092AFN · FragmentUSSR—5 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0231COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50922 · 1982-092AVR · FragmentUSSR—5 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0232COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51274 · 1982-092BDC · FragmentUSSR—5 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0236COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49790 · 1982-092JG · FragmentUSSR—6 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0237COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50099 · 1982-092UP · FragmentUSSR—6 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0238COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50362 · 1982-092ABY · FragmentUSSR—6 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0239COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50635 · 1982-092AMF · FragmentUSSR—6 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0245COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49596 · 1982-092CM · FragmentUSSR—7 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0246COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49688 · 1982-092GH · FragmentUSSR—7 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0247COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49795 · 1982-092JM · FragmentUSSR—7 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0248COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50693 · 1982-092APR · FragmentUSSR—7 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0249COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51312 · 1982-092BEE · FragmentUSSR—7 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0250COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51402 · 1982-092BHY · FragmentUSSR—7 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0252COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49549 · 1982-092AN · FragmentUSSR—8 Feb 2022—Re-entered
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