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
2022-0468COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50953 · 1982-092AWY · FragmentUSSR—9 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0469COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51226 · 1982-092BBC · FragmentUSSR—9 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0470COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51248 · 1982-092BCA · FragmentUSSR—9 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0471COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51258 · 1982-092BCL · FragmentUSSR—9 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0472COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51260 · 1982-092BCN · FragmentUSSR—9 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0473COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51362 · 1982-092BGG · FragmentUSSR—9 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0474COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51385 · 1982-092BHF · FragmentUSSR—9 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0475COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51518 · 1982-092BKT · FragmentUSSR—9 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0476COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51529 · 1982-092BLE · FragmentUSSR—9 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0477COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51672 · 1982-092BQM · FragmentUSSR—9 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0482COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49832 · 1982-092KP · FragmentUSSR—10 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0483COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49913 · 1982-092NY · FragmentUSSR—10 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0484COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50640 · 1982-092AML · FragmentUSSR—10 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0485COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52047 · 1982-092BTZ · FragmentUSSR—10 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0487COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49968 · 1982-092PK · FragmentUSSR—11 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0488COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50093 · 1982-092UH · FragmentUSSR—11 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0489COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50552 · 1982-092AJB · FragmentUSSR—11 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0490COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50590 · 1982-092AKJ · FragmentUSSR—11 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0491COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50766 · 1982-092ASS · FragmentUSSR—11 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0492COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51242 · 1982-092BBU · FragmentUSSR—11 Mar 2022—Re-entered
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