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
2022-0413COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49797 · 1982-092JP · FragmentUSSR—2 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0416COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49550 · 1982-092AP · FragmentUSSR—3 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0417COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51921 · 1982-092BSX · FragmentUSSR—3 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0420COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50615 · 1982-092ALK · FragmentUSSR—4 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0421COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51173 · 1982-092AYX · FragmentUSSR—4 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0422COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50046 · 1982-092SJ · FragmentUSSR—5 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0423COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50511 · 1982-092AGJ · FragmentUSSR—5 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0424COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50870 · 1982-092ATM · FragmentUSSR—5 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0426COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51421 · 1982-092BJT · FragmentUSSR—5 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0427COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51585 · 1982-092BNN · FragmentUSSR—5 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0428COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51703 · 1982-092BRU · FragmentUSSR—5 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0430COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49716 · 1982-092HM · FragmentUSSR—6 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0431COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50705 · 1982-092AQD · FragmentUSSR—6 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0432COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50738 · 1982-092ARN · FragmentUSSR—6 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0433COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50739 · 1982-092ARP · FragmentUSSR—6 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0434COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50875 · 1982-092ATS · FragmentUSSR—6 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0435COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50934 · 1982-092AWD · FragmentUSSR—6 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0436COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51303 · 1982-092BDV · FragmentUSSR—6 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0440COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50567 · 1982-092AJS · FragmentUSSR—7 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0441COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51190 · 1982-092AZQ · FragmentUSSR—7 Mar 2022—Re-entered
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