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
2022-0880COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51697 · 1982-092BRN · FragmentUSSR—15 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0881COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51910 · 1982-092BSL · FragmentUSSR—15 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0882COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52046 · 1982-092BTY · FragmentUSSR—15 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0883COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52250 · 1982-092BXJ · FragmentUSSR—15 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0887COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49633 · 1982-092EA · FragmentUSSR—16 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0888COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49846 · 1982-092LD · FragmentUSSR—16 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0889COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49875 · 1982-092MJ · FragmentUSSR—16 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0890COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50310 · 1982-092AAB · FragmentUSSR—16 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0891COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50888 · 1982-092AUF · FragmentUSSR—16 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0892COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51938 · 1982-092BTQ · FragmentUSSR—16 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0895COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50040 · 1982-092SC · FragmentUSSR—17 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0896COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50100 · 1982-092UQ · FragmentUSSR—17 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0897COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50128 · 1982-092VU · FragmentUSSR—17 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0898COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50315 · 1982-092AAG · FragmentUSSR—17 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0899COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50583 · 1982-092AKB · FragmentUSSR—17 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0900COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50643 · 1982-092AMP · FragmentUSSR—17 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0901COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51514 · 1982-092BKP · FragmentUSSR—17 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0909COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49806 · 1982-092JY · FragmentUSSR—18 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0910COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50245 · 1982-092XJ · FragmentUSSR—18 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0911COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50432 · 1982-092AEW · FragmentUSSR—18 Apr 2022—Re-entered
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