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
2022-0362COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51183 · 1982-092AZH · FragmentUSSR—24 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0364COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49677 · 1982-092FW · FragmentUSSR—26 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0365COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49692 · 1982-092GM · FragmentUSSR—26 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0366COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49823 · 1982-092KE · FragmentUSSR—26 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0367COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49921 · 1982-092PG · FragmentUSSR—26 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0368COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49990 · 1982-092QH · FragmentUSSR—26 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0369COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50061 · 1982-092SZ · FragmentUSSR—26 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0370COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50427 · 1982-092AER · FragmentUSSR—26 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0371COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50563 · 1982-092AJN · FragmentUSSR—26 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0372COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50566 · 1982-092AJR · FragmentUSSR—26 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0373COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50579 · 1982-092AJX · FragmentUSSR—26 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0374COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50713 · 1982-092AQM · FragmentUSSR—26 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0375COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50954 · 1982-092AWZ · FragmentUSSR—26 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0376COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51340 · 1982-092BFJ · FragmentUSSR—26 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0382COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49869 · 1982-092MC · FragmentUSSR—27 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0383COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49883 · 1982-092MS · FragmentUSSR—27 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0384COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50029 · 1982-092RR · FragmentUSSR—27 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0385COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50113 · 1982-092VD · FragmentUSSR—27 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0386COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50411 · 1982-092ADZ · FragmentUSSR—27 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0387COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50439 · 1982-092AFD · FragmentUSSR—27 Feb 2022—Re-entered
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