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
2022-0826COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50695 · 1982-092APT · FragmentUSSR—11 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0827COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50873 · 1982-092ATQ · FragmentUSSR—11 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0828COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50978 · 1982-092AXZ · FragmentUSSR—11 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0829COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51189 · 1982-092AZP · FragmentUSSR—11 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0830COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51241 · 1982-092BBT · FragmentUSSR—11 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0831COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51298 · 1982-092BDQ · FragmentUSSR—11 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0832COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51613 · 1982-092BPS · FragmentUSSR—11 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0834COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51925 · 1982-092BTB · FragmentUSSR—11 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0836COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49800 · 1982-092JS · FragmentUSSR—12 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0837COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50129 · 1982-092VV · FragmentUSSR—12 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0838COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50240 · 1982-092XD · FragmentUSSR—12 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0839COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51395 · 1982-092BHR · FragmentUSSR—12 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0840COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51590 · 1982-092BNT · FragmentUSSR—12 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0842COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51919 · 1982-092BSV · FragmentUSSR—12 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0847COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49520 · 1982-092H · FragmentUSSR—13 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0848COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49894 · 1982-092ND · FragmentUSSR—13 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0849COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50053 · 1982-092SR · FragmentUSSR—13 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0850COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50447 · 1982-092AFM · FragmentUSSR—13 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0851COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50537 · 1982-092AHL · FragmentUSSR—13 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0852COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51211 · 1982-092BAM · FragmentUSSR—13 Apr 2022—Re-entered
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