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
2022-0766COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51908 · 1982-092BSJ · FragmentUSSR—7 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0772COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49833 · 1982-092KQ · FragmentUSSR—8 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0773COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49971 · 1982-092PN · FragmentUSSR—8 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0774COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49980 · 1982-092PX · FragmentUSSR—8 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0775COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50016 · 1982-092RC · FragmentUSSR—8 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0776COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50230 · 1982-092WT · FragmentUSSR—8 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0777COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50406 · 1982-092ADU · FragmentUSSR—8 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0778COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50460 · 1982-092AGA · FragmentUSSR—8 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0779COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50601 · 1982-092AKV · FragmentUSSR—8 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0780COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51168 · 1982-092AYS · FragmentUSSR—8 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0781COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51333 · 1982-092BFB · FragmentUSSR—8 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0782COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51342 · 1982-092BFL · FragmentUSSR—8 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0783COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51357 · 1982-092BGB · FragmentUSSR—8 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0784COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51586 · 1982-092BNP · FragmentUSSR—8 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0785COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51604 · 1982-092BPH · FragmentUSSR—8 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0787COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51907 · 1982-092BSH · FragmentUSSR—8 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0795COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49862 · 1982-092LV · FragmentUSSR—9 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0796COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49997 · 1982-092QQ · FragmentUSSR—9 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0797COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50699 · 1982-092APX · FragmentUSSR—9 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0798COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51219 · 1982-092BAV · FragmentUSSR—9 Apr 2022—Re-entered
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