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
2022-0655COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50241 · 1982-092XE · FragmentUSSR—28 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0656COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50442 · 1982-092AFG · FragmentUSSR—28 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0657COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50544 · 1982-092AHT · FragmentUSSR—28 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0658COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50661 · 1982-092ANH · FragmentUSSR—28 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0659COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50718 · 1982-092AQS · FragmentUSSR—28 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0660COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51176 · 1982-092AZA · FragmentUSSR—28 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0661COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51664 · 1982-092BQD · FragmentUSSR—28 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0666COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50437 · 1982-092AFB · FragmentUSSR—30 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0667COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50622 · 1982-092ALS · FragmentUSSR—30 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0668COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50740 · 1982-092ARQ · FragmentUSSR—30 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0669COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50902 · 1982-092AUV · FragmentUSSR—30 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0670COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51177 · 1982-092AZB · FragmentUSSR—30 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0671COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51214 · 1982-092BAQ · FragmentUSSR—30 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0674COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50094 · 1982-092UJ · FragmentUSSR—31 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0675COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50110 · 1982-092VA · FragmentUSSR—31 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0676COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50542 · 1982-092AHR · FragmentUSSR—31 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0677COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50603 · 1982-092AKX · FragmentUSSR—31 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0678COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50697 · 1982-092APV · FragmentUSSR—31 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0679COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51682 · 1982-092BQX · FragmentUSSR—31 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0680COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52078 · 1982-092BVG · FragmentUSSR—31 Mar 2022—Re-entered
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