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
2022-0684COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49532 · 1982-092V · FragmentUSSR—1 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0685COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50275 · 1982-092YQ · FragmentUSSR—1 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0686COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50383 · 1982-092ACV · FragmentUSSR—1 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0687COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50646 · 1982-092AMS · FragmentUSSR—1 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0688COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50728 · 1982-092ARC · FragmentUSSR—1 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0689COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50865 · 1982-092ATG · FragmentUSSR—1 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0694COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49636 · 1982-092ED · FragmentUSSR—2 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0695COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49850 · 1982-092LH · FragmentUSSR—2 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0696COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50401 · 1982-092ADP · FragmentUSSR—2 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0697COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50694 · 1982-092APS · FragmentUSSR—2 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0698COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50891 · 1982-092AUJ · FragmentUSSR—2 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0699COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51193 · 1982-092AZT · FragmentUSSR—2 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0700COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51293 · 1982-092BDK · FragmentUSSR—2 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0701COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51320 · 1982-092BEN · FragmentUSSR—2 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0702COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51390 · 1982-092BHL · FragmentUSSR—2 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0706COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49655 · 1982-092EY · FragmentUSSR—3 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0707COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50286 · 1982-092ZB · FragmentUSSR—3 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0708COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50333 · 1982-092AAT · FragmentUSSR—3 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0709COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50382 · 1982-092ACU · FragmentUSSR—3 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0710COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50614 · 1982-092ALJ · FragmentUSSR—3 Apr 2022—Re-entered
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