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
2022-0493COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51428 · 1982-092BKA · FragmentUSSR—11 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0496COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49542 · 1982-092AF · FragmentUSSR—12 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0497COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50285 · 1982-092ZA · FragmentUSSR—12 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0498COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50690 · 1982-092APN · FragmentUSSR—12 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0499COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51207 · 1982-092BAH · FragmentUSSR—12 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0500COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51352 · 1982-092BFW · FragmentUSSR—12 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0501COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51379 · 1982-092BGZ · FragmentUSSR—12 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0502COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51704 · 1982-092BRV · FragmentUSSR—12 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0503COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51904 · 1982-092BSE · FragmentUSSR—12 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0507COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49526 · 1982-092P · FragmentUSSR—13 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0508COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49594 · 1982-092CK · FragmentUSSR—13 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0509COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49660 · 1982-092FD · FragmentUSSR—13 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0510COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49683 · 1982-092GC · FragmentUSSR—13 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0511COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50680 · 1982-092APC · FragmentUSSR—13 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0512COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50858 · 1982-092ASZ · FragmentUSSR—13 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0513COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51182 · 1982-092AZG · FragmentUSSR—13 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0514COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51202 · 1982-092BAC · FragmentUSSR—13 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0516COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51373 · 1982-092BGT · FragmentUSSR—13 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0522COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49518 · 1982-092F · FragmentUSSR—14 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0523COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49802 · 1982-092JU · FragmentUSSR—14 Mar 2022—Re-entered
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