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
2022-0573COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50959 · 1982-092AXE · FragmentUSSR—19 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0574COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51194 · 1982-092AZU · FragmentUSSR—19 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0575COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51195 · 1982-092AZV · FragmentUSSR—19 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0576COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51694 · 1982-092BRK · FragmentUSSR—19 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0580COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50291 · 1982-092ZG · FragmentUSSR—20 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0581COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50368 · 1982-092ACE · FragmentUSSR—20 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0582COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50548 · 1982-092AHX · FragmentUSSR—20 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0583COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50553 · 1982-092AJC · FragmentUSSR—20 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0584COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50667 · 1982-092ANP · FragmentUSSR—20 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0585COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50707 · 1982-092AQF · FragmentUSSR—20 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0586COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50964 · 1982-092AXK · FragmentUSSR—20 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0587COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50965 · 1982-092AXL · FragmentUSSR—20 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0589COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49588 · 1982-092CD · FragmentUSSR—21 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0591COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50019 · 1982-092RF · FragmentUSSR—21 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0592COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50059 · 1982-092SX · FragmentUSSR—21 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0593COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51240 · 1982-092BBS · FragmentUSSR—21 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0594COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51259 · 1982-092BCM · FragmentUSSR—21 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0599COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49707 · 1982-092HC · FragmentUSSR—22 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0600COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50385 · 1982-092ACX · FragmentUSSR—22 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0601COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50634 · 1982-092AME · FragmentUSSR—22 Mar 2022—Re-entered
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