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
2022-0711COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50946 · 1982-092AWR · FragmentUSSR—3 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0712COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51397 · 1982-092BHT · FragmentUSSR—3 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0713COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51525 · 1982-092BLA · FragmentUSSR—3 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0714COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51531 · 1982-092BLG · FragmentUSSR—3 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0715COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51669 · 1982-092BQJ · FragmentUSSR—3 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0716COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51710 · 1982-092BSB · FragmentUSSR—3 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0721COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50072 · 1982-092TL · FragmentUSSR—4 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0722COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50750 · 1982-092ASA · FragmentUSSR—4 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0723COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51185 · 1982-092AZK · FragmentUSSR—4 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0724COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51314 · 1982-092BEG · FragmentUSSR—4 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0725COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51336 · 1982-092BFE · FragmentUSSR—4 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0726COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51350 · 1982-092BFU · FragmentUSSR—4 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0727COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51601 · 1982-092BPE · FragmentUSSR—4 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0728COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51905 · 1982-092BSF · FragmentUSSR—4 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0730COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52065 · 1982-092BUT · FragmentUSSR—4 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0732COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49519 · 1982-092G · FragmentUSSR—5 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0733COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49569 · 1982-092BJ · FragmentUSSR—5 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0734COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50373 · 1982-092ACK · FragmentUSSR—5 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0735COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50654 · 1982-092ANA · FragmentUSSR—5 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0736COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51188 · 1982-092AZN · FragmentUSSR—5 Apr 2022—Re-entered
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