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
2022-0020COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50452 · 1982-092AFS · FragmentUSSR—4 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0021COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50556 · 1982-092AJF · FragmentUSSR—4 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0022COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50565 · 1982-092AJQ · FragmentUSSR—4 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0024COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50672 · 1982-092ANU · FragmentUSSR—4 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0027COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50130 · 1982-092VW · FragmentUSSR—5 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0028COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50225 · 1982-092WN · FragmentUSSR—5 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0030COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50532 · 1982-092AHF · FragmentUSSR—5 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0031COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50030 · 1982-092RS · FragmentUSSR—6 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0033COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50096 · 1982-092UL · FragmentUSSR—8 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0034COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50228 · 1982-092WR · FragmentUSSR—8 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0036COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50636 · 1982-092AMG · FragmentUSSR—8 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0040COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49804 · 1982-092JW · FragmentUSSR—9 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0041COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49903 · 1982-092NN · FragmentUSSR—9 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0042COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49914 · 1982-092NZ · FragmentUSSR—9 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0043COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50216 · 1982-092WD · FragmentUSSR—9 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0044COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50543 · 1982-092AHS · FragmentUSSR—9 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0048COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50227 · 1982-092WQ · FragmentUSSR—10 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0049COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50507 · 1982-092AGE · FragmentUSSR—10 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0052COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50352 · 1982-092ABN · FragmentUSSR—11 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0053COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52523 · 1982-092BYJ · FragmentUSSR—12 Jan 2022—Re-entered
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