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
2021-0476COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49705 · 1982-092HA · FragmentUSSR—16 Dec 2021—Re-entered2021-0481COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49718 · 1982-092HP · FragmentUSSR—18 Dec 2021—Re-entered2021-0482COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49798 · 1982-092JQ · FragmentUSSR—18 Dec 2021—Re-entered2021-0485COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49920 · 1982-092PF · FragmentUSSR—19 Dec 2021—Re-entered2021-0486COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50132 · 1982-092VY · FragmentUSSR—19 Dec 2021—Re-entered2021-0495COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49861 · 1982-092LU · FragmentUSSR—20 Dec 2021—Re-entered2021-0497COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49972 · 1982-092PP · FragmentUSSR—20 Dec 2021—Re-entered2021-0500COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49544 · 1982-092AH · FragmentUSSR—21 Dec 2021—Re-entered2021-0501COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49551 · 1982-092AQ · FragmentUSSR—21 Dec 2021—Re-entered2021-0502COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49589 · 1982-092CE · FragmentUSSR—21 Dec 2021—Re-entered2021-0503COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49865 · 1982-092LY · FragmentUSSR—21 Dec 2021—Re-entered2021-0508COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50288 · 1982-092ZD · FragmentUSSR—22 Dec 2021—Re-entered2021-0513COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49669 · 1982-092FN · FragmentUSSR—24 Dec 2021—Re-entered2021-0517COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50379 · 1982-092ACR · FragmentUSSR—25 Dec 2021—Re-entered2021-0520COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49585 · 1982-092CA · FragmentUSSR—26 Dec 2021—Re-entered2021-0521COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49616 · 1982-092DH · FragmentUSSR—26 Dec 2021—Re-entered2021-0522COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49796 · 1982-092JN · FragmentUSSR—26 Dec 2021—Re-entered2021-0523COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49904 · 1982-092NP · FragmentUSSR—26 Dec 2021—Re-entered2021-0524COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50091 · 1982-092UF · FragmentUSSR—26 Dec 2021—Re-entered2021-0526COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50332 · 1982-092AAS · FragmentUSSR—27 Dec 2021—Re-entered
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