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
2022-0442COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51603 · 1982-092BPG · FragmentUSSR—7 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0446COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49824 · 1982-092KF · FragmentUSSR—8 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0448COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51530 · 1982-092BLF · FragmentUSSR—8 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0451COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49597 · 1982-092CN · FragmentUSSR—9 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0452COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49723 · 1982-092HU · FragmentUSSR—9 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0453COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49779 · 1982-092HV · FragmentUSSR—9 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0454COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49919 · 1982-092PE · FragmentUSSR—9 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0455COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50041 · 1982-092SD · FragmentUSSR—9 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0456COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50103 · 1982-092UT · FragmentUSSR—9 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0457COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50112 · 1982-092VC · FragmentUSSR—9 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0458COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50250 · 1982-092XP · FragmentUSSR—9 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0459COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50299 · 1982-092ZQ · FragmentUSSR—9 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0460COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50347 · 1982-092ABH · FragmentUSSR—9 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0461COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50541 · 1982-092AHQ · FragmentUSSR—9 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0462COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50582 · 1982-092AKA · FragmentUSSR—9 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0463COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50604 · 1982-092AKY · FragmentUSSR—9 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0464COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50611 · 1982-092ALF · FragmentUSSR—9 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0465COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50861 · 1982-092ATC · FragmentUSSR—9 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0466COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50909 · 1982-092AVC · FragmentUSSR—9 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0467COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50941 · 1982-092AWL · FragmentUSSR—9 Mar 2022—Re-entered
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