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
2022-0253COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49786 · 1982-092JC · FragmentUSSR—8 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0254COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49788 · 1982-092JE · FragmentUSSR—8 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0259COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50445 · 1982-092AFK · FragmentUSSR—9 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0260COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50760 · 1982-092ASL · FragmentUSSR—9 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0261COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51270 · 1982-092BCY · FragmentUSSR—9 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0263COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51527 · 1982-092BLC · FragmentUSSR—9 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0266COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49620 · 1982-092DM · FragmentUSSR—10 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0267COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49650 · 1982-092ET · FragmentUSSR—10 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0268COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50235 · 1982-092WY · FragmentUSSR—10 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0269COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50325 · 1982-092AAK · FragmentUSSR—10 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0270COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51235 · 1982-092BBM · FragmentUSSR—10 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0271COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51243 · 1982-092BBV · FragmentUSSR—10 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0272COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51245 · 1982-092BBX · FragmentUSSR—10 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0273COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51328 · 1982-092BEW · FragmentUSSR—10 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0274COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51608 · 1982-092BPM · FragmentUSSR—10 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0276COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49866 · 1982-092LZ · FragmentUSSR—11 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0277COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50370 · 1982-092ACG · FragmentUSSR—11 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0278COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50403 · 1982-092ADR · FragmentUSSR—11 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0279COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51181 · 1982-092AZF · FragmentUSSR—11 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0280COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51432 · 1982-092BKE · FragmentUSSR—11 Feb 2022—Re-entered
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