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
2022-0912COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50712 · 1982-092AQL · FragmentUSSR—18 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0913COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50724 · 1982-092AQY · FragmentUSSR—18 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0914COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51230 · 1982-092BBG · FragmentUSSR—18 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0915COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51237 · 1982-092BBP · FragmentUSSR—18 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0916COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51256 · 1982-092BCJ · FragmentUSSR—18 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0920COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52209 · 1982-092BVR · FragmentUSSR—18 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0923COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50354 · 1982-092ABQ · FragmentUSSR—19 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0924COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50906 · 1982-092AUZ · FragmentUSSR—19 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0926COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51673 · 1982-092BQN · FragmentUSSR—19 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0927COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52219 · 1982-092BWB · FragmentUSSR—19 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0936COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50092 · 1982-092UG · FragmentUSSR—20 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0937COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50242 · 1982-092XF · FragmentUSSR—20 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0938COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50592 · 1982-092AKL · FragmentUSSR—20 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0939COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51594 · 1982-092BNX · FragmentUSSR—20 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0942COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49613 · 1982-092DE · FragmentUSSR—21 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0943COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50510 · 1982-092AGH · FragmentUSSR—21 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0944COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50759 · 1982-092ASK · FragmentUSSR—21 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0945COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50856 · 1982-092ASX · FragmentUSSR—21 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0946COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50913 · 1982-092AVG · FragmentUSSR—21 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0950COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50342 · 1982-092ABC · FragmentUSSR—22 Apr 2022—Re-entered
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