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
2022-0737COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51250 · 1982-092BCC · FragmentUSSR—5 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0738COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51434 · 1982-092BKG · FragmentUSSR—5 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0739COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52082 · 1982-092BVL · FragmentUSSR—5 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0745COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50086 · 1982-092UA · FragmentUSSR—6 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0746COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50116 · 1982-092VG · FragmentUSSR—6 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0747COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50722 · 1982-092AQW · FragmentUSSR—6 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0748COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50731 · 1982-092ARF · FragmentUSSR—6 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0749COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50952 · 1982-092AWX · FragmentUSSR—6 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0750COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51410 · 1982-092BJG · FragmentUSSR—6 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0751COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51437 · 1982-092BKK · FragmentUSSR—6 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0755COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49835 · 1982-092KS · FragmentUSSR—7 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0756COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50287 · 1982-092ZC · FragmentUSSR—7 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0757COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50536 · 1982-092AHK · FragmentUSSR—7 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0758COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50931 · 1982-092AWA · FragmentUSSR—7 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0759COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51311 · 1982-092BED · FragmentUSSR—7 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0760COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51358 · 1982-092BGC · FragmentUSSR—7 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0761COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51526 · 1982-092BLB · FragmentUSSR—7 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0762COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51573 · 1982-092BNA · FragmentUSSR—7 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0763COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51609 · 1982-092BPN · FragmentUSSR—7 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0764COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51677 · 1982-092BQS · FragmentUSSR—7 Apr 2022—Re-entered
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