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
2022-0388COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50577 · 1982-092AJV · FragmentUSSR—27 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0389COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50599 · 1982-092AKT · FragmentUSSR—27 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0390COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50628 · 1982-092ALY · FragmentUSSR—27 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0391COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50638 · 1982-092AMJ · FragmentUSSR—27 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0392COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50658 · 1982-092ANE · FragmentUSSR—27 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0393COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50765 · 1982-092ASR · FragmentUSSR—27 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0394COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50944 · 1982-092AWP · FragmentUSSR—27 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0395COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51171 · 1982-092AYV · FragmentUSSR—27 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0396COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51208 · 1982-092BAJ · FragmentUSSR—27 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0397COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51238 · 1982-092BBQ · FragmentUSSR—27 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0398COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51247 · 1982-092BBZ · FragmentUSSR—27 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0399COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51359 · 1982-092BGD · FragmentUSSR—27 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0400COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51537 · 1982-092BLN · FragmentUSSR—27 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0402COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50076 · 1982-092TQ · FragmentUSSR—28 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0403COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50388 · 1982-092ADA · FragmentUSSR—28 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0404COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50446 · 1982-092AFL · FragmentUSSR—28 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0405COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50608 · 1982-092ALC · FragmentUSSR—28 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0406COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51933 · 1982-092BTK · FragmentUSSR—28 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0409COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49837 · 1982-092KU · FragmentUSSR—1 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0410COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50568 · 1982-092AJT · FragmentUSSR—1 Mar 2022—Re-entered
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