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
2022-0338COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51524 · 1982-092BKZ · FragmentUSSR—21 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0339COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51606 · 1982-092BPK · FragmentUSSR—21 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0340COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50025 · 1982-092RM · FragmentUSSR—22 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0342COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50366 · 1982-092ACC · FragmentUSSR—22 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0343COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50735 · 1982-092ARK · FragmentUSSR—22 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0344COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51542 · 1982-092BLT · FragmentUSSR—22 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0348COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49693 · 1982-092GN · FragmentUSSR—23 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0349COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49895 · 1982-092NE · FragmentUSSR—23 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0350COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49973 · 1982-092PQ · FragmentUSSR—23 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0351COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50714 · 1982-092AQN · FragmentUSSR—23 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0352COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51163 · 1982-092AYM · FragmentUSSR—23 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0353COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51239 · 1982-092BBR · FragmentUSSR—23 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0354COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51386 · 1982-092BHG · FragmentUSSR—23 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0355COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51691 · 1982-092BRG · FragmentUSSR—23 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0356COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49617 · 1982-092DJ · FragmentUSSR—24 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0357COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49879 · 1982-092MN · FragmentUSSR—24 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0358COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50372 · 1982-092ACJ · FragmentUSSR—24 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0359COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50450 · 1982-092AFQ · FragmentUSSR—24 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0360COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50681 · 1982-092APD · FragmentUSSR—24 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0361COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50939 · 1982-092AWJ · FragmentUSSR—24 Feb 2022—Re-entered
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