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
2022-1093COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50882 · 1982-092ATZ · FragmentUSSR—5 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1094COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51675 · 1982-092BQQ · FragmentUSSR—5 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1098COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50886 · 1982-092AUD · FragmentUSSR—6 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1101COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51234 · 1982-092BBL · FragmentUSSR—7 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1102COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51262 · 1982-092BCQ · FragmentUSSR—7 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1103COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51419 · 1982-092BJR · FragmentUSSR—7 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1104COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50055 · 1982-092ST · FragmentUSSR—8 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1105COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50376 · 1982-092ACN · FragmentUSSR—8 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1106COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50514 · 1982-092AGM · FragmentUSSR—8 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1107COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50522 · 1982-092AGV · FragmentUSSR—8 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1108COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51571 · 1982-092BMY · FragmentUSSR—8 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1109COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52229 · 1982-092BWM · FragmentUSSR—8 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1115COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49991 · 1982-092QJ · FragmentUSSR—9 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1116COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50723 · 1982-092AQX · FragmentUSSR—9 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1117COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51264 · 1982-092BCS · FragmentUSSR—9 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1118COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51584 · 1982-092BNM · FragmentUSSR—9 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1119COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49577 · 1982-092BS · FragmentUSSR—10 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1120COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50386 · 1982-092ACY · FragmentUSSR—10 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1121COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50857 · 1982-092ASY · FragmentUSSR—10 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1122COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51364 · 1982-092BGJ · FragmentUSSR—10 May 2022—Re-entered
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