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
2022-0524COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50252 · 1982-092XR · FragmentUSSR—14 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0525COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50270 · 1982-092YK · FragmentUSSR—14 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0526COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50281 · 1982-092YW · FragmentUSSR—14 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0527COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50339 · 1982-092AAZ · FragmentUSSR—14 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0528COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50709 · 1982-092AQH · FragmentUSSR—14 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0529COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50866 · 1982-092ATH · FragmentUSSR—14 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0530COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51186 · 1982-092AZL · FragmentUSSR—14 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0531COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51354 · 1982-092BFY · FragmentUSSR—14 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0532COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51699 · 1982-092BRQ · FragmentUSSR—14 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0537COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49829 · 1982-092KL · FragmentUSSR—15 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0538COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50652 · 1982-092AMY · FragmentUSSR—15 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0539COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50910 · 1982-092AVD · FragmentUSSR—15 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0540COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51203 · 1982-092BAD · FragmentUSSR—15 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0542COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50584 · 1982-092AKC · FragmentUSSR—16 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0543COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50668 · 1982-092ANQ · FragmentUSSR—16 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0544COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50940 · 1982-092AWK · FragmentUSSR—16 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0545COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51567 · 1982-092BMU · FragmentUSSR—16 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0546COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51666 · 1982-092BQF · FragmentUSSR—16 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0547COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51698 · 1982-092BRP · FragmentUSSR—16 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0548COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51702 · 1982-092BRT · FragmentUSSR—16 Mar 2022—Re-entered
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