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
2022-0549COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51906 · 1982-092BSG · FragmentUSSR—16 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0552COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49586 · 1982-092CB · FragmentUSSR—17 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0553COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50017 · 1982-092RD · FragmentUSSR—17 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0554COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50397 · 1982-092ADK · FragmentUSSR—17 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0555COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50711 · 1982-092AQK · FragmentUSSR—17 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0556COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50745 · 1982-092ARV · FragmentUSSR—17 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0557COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50872 · 1982-092ATP · FragmentUSSR—17 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0558COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51306 · 1982-092BDY · FragmentUSSR—17 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0559COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51708 · 1982-092BRZ · FragmentUSSR—17 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0561COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49697 · 1982-092GS · FragmentUSSR—18 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0562COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49969 · 1982-092PL · FragmentUSSR—18 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0563COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50596 · 1982-092AKQ · FragmentUSSR—18 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0564COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51335 · 1982-092BFD · FragmentUSSR—18 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0565COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51607 · 1982-092BPL · FragmentUSSR—18 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0566COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51674 · 1982-092BQP · FragmentUSSR—18 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0567COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51690 · 1982-092BRF · FragmentUSSR—18 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0568COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51924 · 1982-092BTA · FragmentUSSR—18 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0569COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52077 · 1982-092BVF · FragmentUSSR—18 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0571COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49646 · 1982-092EP · FragmentUSSR—19 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0572COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50662 · 1982-092ANJ · FragmentUSSR—19 Mar 2022—Re-entered
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