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
2022-1001COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51575 · 1982-092BNC · FragmentUSSR—26 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-1002COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51918 · 1982-092BSU · FragmentUSSR—26 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-1004COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52247 · 1982-092BXF · FragmentUSSR—26 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-1007COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50087 · 1982-092UB · FragmentUSSR—27 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-1008COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50295 · 1982-092ZL · FragmentUSSR—27 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-1009COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50344 · 1982-092ABE · FragmentUSSR—27 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-1010COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50642 · 1982-092AMN · FragmentUSSR—27 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-1011COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50653 · 1982-092AMZ · FragmentUSSR—27 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-1012COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50684 · 1982-092APG · FragmentUSSR—27 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-1014COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51517 · 1982-092BKS · FragmentUSSR—27 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-1015COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51592 · 1982-092BNV · FragmentUSSR—27 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-1017COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49834 · 1982-092KR · FragmentUSSR—28 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-1018COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50118 · 1982-092VJ · FragmentUSSR—28 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-1020COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50696 · 1982-092APU · FragmentUSSR—28 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-1021COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51377 · 1982-092BGX · FragmentUSSR—28 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-1022COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51429 · 1982-092BKB · FragmentUSSR—28 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-1028COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50259 · 1982-092XY · FragmentUSSR—29 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-1029COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50290 · 1982-092ZF · FragmentUSSR—29 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-1030COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50441 · 1982-092AFF · FragmentUSSR—29 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-1031COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50612 · 1982-092ALG · FragmentUSSR—29 Apr 2022—Re-entered
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