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
2022-0799COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51263 · 1982-092BCR · FragmentUSSR—9 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0800COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51344 · 1982-092BFN · FragmentUSSR—9 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0801COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51356 · 1982-092BGA · FragmentUSSR—9 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0802COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51383 · 1982-092BHD · FragmentUSSR—9 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0803COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51553 · 1982-092BME · FragmentUSSR—9 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0806COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50236 · 1982-092WZ · FragmentUSSR—10 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0807COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50350 · 1982-092ABL · FragmentUSSR—10 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0808COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51233 · 1982-092BBK · FragmentUSSR—10 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0809COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51261 · 1982-092BCP · FragmentUSSR—10 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0811COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51420 · 1982-092BJS · FragmentUSSR—10 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0812COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51577 · 1982-092BNE · FragmentUSSR—10 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0813COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51597 · 1982-092BPA · FragmentUSSR—10 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0814COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51668 · 1982-092BQH · FragmentUSSR—10 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0819COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49830 · 1982-092KM · FragmentUSSR—11 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0820COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49966 · 1982-092PH · FragmentUSSR—11 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0821COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49984 · 1982-092QB · FragmentUSSR—11 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0822COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50440 · 1982-092AFE · FragmentUSSR—11 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0823COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50509 · 1982-092AGG · FragmentUSSR—11 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0824COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50564 · 1982-092AJP · FragmentUSSR—11 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0825COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50591 · 1982-092AKK · FragmentUSSR—11 Apr 2022—Re-entered
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