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
2022-1032COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50884 · 1982-092AUB · FragmentUSSR—29 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-1033COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50951 · 1982-092AWW · FragmentUSSR—29 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-1043COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49552 · 1982-092AR · FragmentUSSR—30 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-1045COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50102 · 1982-092US · FragmentUSSR—30 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-1046COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50232 · 1982-092WV · FragmentUSSR—30 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-1047COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50412 · 1982-092AEA · FragmentUSSR—30 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-1048COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51200 · 1982-092BAA · FragmentUSSR—30 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-1049COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51209 · 1982-092BAK · FragmentUSSR—30 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-1050COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51222 · 1982-092BAY · FragmentUSSR—30 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-1051COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51371 · 1982-092BGR · FragmentUSSR—30 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-1055COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50558 · 1982-092AJH · FragmentUSSR—1 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1056COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50936 · 1982-092AWF · FragmentUSSR—1 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1057COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50961 · 1982-092AXG · FragmentUSSR—1 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1058COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51299 · 1982-092BDR · FragmentUSSR—1 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1059COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51369 · 1982-092BGP · FragmentUSSR—1 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1060COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51533 · 1982-092BLJ · FragmentUSSR—1 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1061COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51911 · 1982-092BSM · FragmentUSSR—1 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1062COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50070 · 1982-092TJ · FragmentUSSR—2 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1063COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50079 · 1982-092TT · FragmentUSSR—2 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1064COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50698 · 1982-092APW · FragmentUSSR—2 May 2022—Re-entered
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