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
2022-1065COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50975 · 1982-092AXW · FragmentUSSR—2 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1066COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51296 · 1982-092BDN · FragmentUSSR—2 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1067COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51396 · 1982-092BHS · FragmentUSSR—2 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1068COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51678 · 1982-092BQT · FragmentUSSR—2 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1069COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51915 · 1982-092BSR · FragmentUSSR—2 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1071COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49856 · 1982-092LP · FragmentUSSR—3 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1072COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50900 · 1982-092AUT · FragmentUSSR—3 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1073COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50963 · 1982-092AXJ · FragmentUSSR—3 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1074COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51399 · 1982-092BHV · FragmentUSSR—3 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1076COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52252 · 1982-092BXL · FragmentUSSR—3 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1081COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50026 · 1982-092RN · FragmentUSSR—4 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1082COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50253 · 1982-092XS · FragmentUSSR—4 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1083COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50266 · 1982-092YF · FragmentUSSR—4 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1084COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50278 · 1982-092YT · FragmentUSSR—4 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1085COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50400 · 1982-092ADN · FragmentUSSR—4 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1086COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50911 · 1982-092AVE · FragmentUSSR—4 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1087COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51535 · 1982-092BLL · FragmentUSSR—4 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1090COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49901 · 1982-092NL · FragmentUSSR—5 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1091COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50263 · 1982-092YC · FragmentUSSR—5 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1092COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50666 · 1982-092ANN · FragmentUSSR—5 May 2022—Re-entered
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