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
2022-0854COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51368 · 1982-092BGN · FragmentUSSR—13 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0857COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52249 · 1982-092BXH · FragmentUSSR—13 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0859COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50021 · 1982-092RH · FragmentUSSR—14 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0860COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50254 · 1982-092XT · FragmentUSSR—14 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0861COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50756 · 1982-092ASG · FragmentUSSR—14 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0862COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50933 · 1982-092AWC · FragmentUSSR—14 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0863COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50966 · 1982-092AXM · FragmentUSSR—14 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0864COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51269 · 1982-092BCX · FragmentUSSR—14 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0865COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51438 · 1982-092BKL · FragmentUSSR—14 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0866COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51521 · 1982-092BKW · FragmentUSSR—14 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0867COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51559 · 1982-092BML · FragmentUSSR—14 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0871COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49574 · 1982-092BP · FragmentUSSR—15 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0872COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49680 · 1982-092FZ · FragmentUSSR—15 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0873COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49908 · 1982-092NT · FragmentUSSR—15 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0874COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50893 · 1982-092AUL · FragmentUSSR—15 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0875COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50982 · 1982-092AYD · FragmentUSSR—15 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0876COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51257 · 1982-092BCK · FragmentUSSR—15 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0877COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51319 · 1982-092BEM · FragmentUSSR—15 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0878COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51680 · 1982-092BQV · FragmentUSSR—15 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0879COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51683 · 1982-092BQY · FragmentUSSR—15 Apr 2022—Re-entered
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