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
2022-0283COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49645 · 1982-092EN · FragmentUSSR—12 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0284COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49890 · 1982-092MZ · FragmentUSSR—12 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0285COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50618 · 1982-092ALN · FragmentUSSR—12 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0286COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50716 · 1982-092AQQ · FragmentUSSR—12 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0287COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51166 · 1982-092AYQ · FragmentUSSR—12 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0290COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49649 · 1982-092ES · FragmentUSSR—13 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0291COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49891 · 1982-092NA · FragmentUSSR—13 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0292COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49978 · 1982-092PV · FragmentUSSR—13 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0293COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49979 · 1982-092PW · FragmentUSSR—13 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0294COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50414 · 1982-092AEC · FragmentUSSR—13 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0295COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50651 · 1982-092AMX · FragmentUSSR—13 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0296COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50688 · 1982-092APL · FragmentUSSR—13 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0297COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50958 · 1982-092AXD · FragmentUSSR—13 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0298COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51433 · 1982-092BKF · FragmentUSSR—13 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0300COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49536 · 1982-092Z · FragmentUSSR—14 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0301COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49546 · 1982-092AK · FragmentUSSR—14 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0302COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49664 · 1982-092FH · FragmentUSSR—14 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0303COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49666 · 1982-092FK · FragmentUSSR—14 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0304COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49679 · 1982-092FY · FragmentUSSR—14 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0305COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49699 · 1982-092GU · FragmentUSSR—14 Feb 2022—Re-entered
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