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
2022-0602COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51688 · 1982-092BRD · FragmentUSSR—22 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0605COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50392 · 1982-092ADE · FragmentUSSR—23 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0606COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50425 · 1982-092AEP · FragmentUSSR—23 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0607COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50517 · 1982-092AGQ · FragmentUSSR—23 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0608COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50624 · 1982-092ALU · FragmentUSSR—23 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0609COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50682 · 1982-092APE · FragmentUSSR—23 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0610COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51275 · 1982-092BDD · FragmentUSSR—23 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0611COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51329 · 1982-092BEX · FragmentUSSR—23 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0612COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51374 · 1982-092BGU · FragmentUSSR—23 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0613COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51411 · 1982-092BJH · FragmentUSSR—23 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0615COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50065 · 1982-092TD · FragmentUSSR—24 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0616COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50971 · 1982-092AXS · FragmentUSSR—24 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0617COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51681 · 1982-092BQW · FragmentUSSR—24 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0619COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49884 · 1982-092MT · FragmentUSSR—25 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0620COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50269 · 1982-092YJ · FragmentUSSR—25 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0621COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51398 · 1982-092BHU · FragmentUSSR—25 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0624COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49560 · 1982-092AZ · FragmentUSSR—26 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0625COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50391 · 1982-092ADD · FragmentUSSR—26 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0626COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50421 · 1982-092AEK · FragmentUSSR—26 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0627COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50877 · 1982-092ATU · FragmentUSSR—26 Mar 2022—Re-entered
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