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
2022-0628COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50968 · 1982-092AXP · FragmentUSSR—26 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0629COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51294 · 1982-092BDL · FragmentUSSR—26 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0630COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51565 · 1982-092BMS · FragmentUSSR—26 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0631COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51684 · 1982-092BQZ · FragmentUSSR—26 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0632COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51926 · 1982-092BTC · FragmentUSSR—26 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0633COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52053 · 1982-092BUF · FragmentUSSR—26 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0640COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50702 · 1982-092AQA · FragmentUSSR—27 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0641COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50753 · 1982-092ASD · FragmentUSSR—27 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0642COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50860 · 1982-092ATB · FragmentUSSR—27 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0643COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50880 · 1982-092ATX · FragmentUSSR—27 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0644COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50881 · 1982-092ATY · FragmentUSSR—27 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0645COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51253 · 1982-092BCF · FragmentUSSR—27 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0646COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51409 · 1982-092BJF · FragmentUSSR—27 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0647COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52057 · 1982-092BUK · FragmentUSSR—27 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0649COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49611 · 1982-092DC · FragmentUSSR—28 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0650COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49656 · 1982-092EZ · FragmentUSSR—28 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0651COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49668 · 1982-092FM · FragmentUSSR—28 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0652COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49687 · 1982-092GG · FragmentUSSR—28 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0653COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50062 · 1982-092TA · FragmentUSSR—28 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0654COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50119 · 1982-092VK · FragmentUSSR—28 Mar 2022—Re-entered
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