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
2021-0528COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49629 · 1982-092DW · FragmentUSSR—28 Dec 2021—Re-entered2021-0529COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49661 · 1982-092FE · FragmentUSSR—28 Dec 2021—Re-entered2021-0530COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49877 · 1982-092ML · FragmentUSSR—28 Dec 2021—Re-entered2021-0532COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50557 · 1982-092AJG · FragmentUSSR—28 Dec 2021—Re-entered2021-0533COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49521 · 1982-092J · FragmentUSSR—29 Dec 2021—Re-entered2021-0534COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50268 · 1982-092YH · FragmentUSSR—29 Dec 2021—Re-entered2021-0539COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49598 · 1982-092CP · FragmentUSSR—30 Dec 2021—Re-entered2021-0540COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49685 · 1982-092GE · FragmentUSSR—30 Dec 2021—Re-entered2021-0541COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49701 · 1982-092GW · FragmentUSSR—30 Dec 2021—Re-entered2021-0544COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50334 · 1982-092AAU · FragmentUSSR—31 Dec 2021—Re-entered2021-0545COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50419 · 1982-092AEH · FragmentUSSR—31 Dec 2021—Re-entered2022-0001COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50135 · 1982-092WB · FragmentUSSR—1 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0004COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50387 · 1982-092ACZ · FragmentUSSR—1 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0006COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50576 · 1982-092AJU · FragmentUSSR—1 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0010COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50066 · 1982-092TE · FragmentUSSR—2 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0012COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50217 · 1982-092WE · FragmentUSSR—2 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0013COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50336 · 1982-092AAW · FragmentUSSR—2 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0015COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50330 · 1982-092AAQ · FragmentUSSR—3 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0018COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49868 · 1982-092MB · FragmentUSSR—4 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0019COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49871 · 1982-092ME · FragmentUSSR—4 Jan 2022—Re-entered
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