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
2022-0306COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49827 · 1982-092KJ · FragmentUSSR—14 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0307COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50074 · 1982-092TN · FragmentUSSR—14 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0308COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50539 · 1982-092AHN · FragmentUSSR—14 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0309COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50704 · 1982-092AQC · FragmentUSSR—14 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0310COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50955 · 1982-092AXA · FragmentUSSR—14 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0311COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51273 · 1982-092BDB · FragmentUSSR—14 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0313COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51513 · 1982-092BKN · FragmentUSSR—14 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0321COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50097 · 1982-092UM · FragmentUSSR—18 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0322COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50660 · 1982-092ANG · FragmentUSSR—18 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0323COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51422 · 1982-092BJU · FragmentUSSR—18 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0324COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50052 · 1982-092SQ · FragmentUSSR—19 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0326COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50084 · 1982-092TY · FragmentUSSR—20 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0327COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50280 · 1982-092YV · FragmentUSSR—20 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0328COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50527 · 1982-092AHA · FragmentUSSR—20 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0329COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51266 · 1982-092BCU · FragmentUSSR—20 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0333COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49838 · 1982-092KV · FragmentUSSR—21 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0334COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50057 · 1982-092SV · FragmentUSSR—21 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0335COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51331 · 1982-092BEZ · FragmentUSSR—21 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0336COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51346 · 1982-092BFQ · FragmentUSSR—21 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0337COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51351 · 1982-092BFV · FragmentUSSR—21 Feb 2022—Re-entered
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