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
2022-0951COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50593 · 1982-092AKM · FragmentUSSR—22 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0952COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50892 · 1982-092AUK · FragmentUSSR—22 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0953COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50896 · 1982-092AUP · FragmentUSSR—22 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0954COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51162 · 1982-092AYL · FragmentUSSR—22 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0955COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51164 · 1982-092AYN · FragmentUSSR—22 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0956COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51378 · 1982-092BGY · FragmentUSSR—22 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0957COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51414 · 1982-092BJL · FragmentUSSR—22 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0958COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51596 · 1982-092BNZ · FragmentUSSR—22 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0959COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51934 · 1982-092BTL · FragmentUSSR—22 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0962COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50229 · 1982-092WS · FragmentUSSR—23 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0963COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50293 · 1982-092ZJ · FragmentUSSR—23 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0964COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50729 · 1982-092ARD · FragmentUSSR—23 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0965COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50879 · 1982-092ATW · FragmentUSSR—23 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0966COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50899 · 1982-092AUS · FragmentUSSR—23 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0967COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51218 · 1982-092BAU · FragmentUSSR—23 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0968COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51348 · 1982-092BFS · FragmentUSSR—23 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0969COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51360 · 1982-092BGE · FragmentUSSR—23 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0970COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51923 · 1982-092BSZ · FragmentUSSR—23 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0971COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52052 · 1982-092BUE · FragmentUSSR—23 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0972COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52211 · 1982-092BVT · FragmentUSSR—23 Apr 2022—Re-entered
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