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
2022-0973COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52248 · 1982-092BXG · FragmentUSSR—23 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0978COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50305 · 1982-092ZW · FragmentUSSR—24 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0979COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50428 · 1982-092AES · FragmentUSSR—24 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0980COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50647 · 1982-092AMT · FragmentUSSR—24 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0981COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50737 · 1982-092ARM · FragmentUSSR—24 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0982COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50767 · 1982-092AST · FragmentUSSR—24 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0983COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51249 · 1982-092BCB · FragmentUSSR—24 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0984COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51310 · 1982-092BEC · FragmentUSSR—24 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0985COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51578 · 1982-092BNF · FragmentUSSR—24 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0986COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51686 · 1982-092BRB · FragmentUSSR—24 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0987COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52061 · 1982-092BUP · FragmentUSSR—24 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0990COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50625 · 1982-092ALV · FragmentUSSR—25 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0991COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50949 · 1982-092AWU · FragmentUSSR—25 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0992COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51301 · 1982-092BDT · FragmentUSSR—25 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0995COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49720 · 1982-092HR · FragmentUSSR—26 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0996COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49805 · 1982-092JX · FragmentUSSR—26 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0997COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50117 · 1982-092VH · FragmentUSSR—26 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0998COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50262 · 1982-092YB · FragmentUSSR—26 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0999COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50449 · 1982-092AFP · FragmentUSSR—26 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-1000COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50561 · 1982-092AJL · FragmentUSSR—26 Apr 2022—Re-entered
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