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
2022-1125COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49563 · 1982-092BC · FragmentUSSR—11 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1126COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49592 · 1982-092CH · FragmentUSSR—11 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1127COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50036 · 1982-092RY · FragmentUSSR—11 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1128COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50384 · 1982-092ACW · FragmentUSSR—11 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1129COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50969 · 1982-092AXQ · FragmentUSSR—11 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1130COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52228 · 1982-092BWL · FragmentUSSR—11 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1131COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52230 · 1982-092BWN · FragmentUSSR—11 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1133COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49647 · 1982-092EQ · FragmentUSSR—12 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1134COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49994 · 1982-092QM · FragmentUSSR—12 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1135COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50381 · 1982-092ACT · FragmentUSSR—12 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1136COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50424 · 1982-092AEN · FragmentUSSR—12 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1137COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50898 · 1982-092AUR · FragmentUSSR—12 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1138COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51392 · 1982-092BHN · FragmentUSSR—12 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1139COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51550 · 1982-092BMB · FragmentUSSR—12 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1142COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51384 · 1982-092BHE · FragmentUSSR—13 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1149COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49584 · 1982-092BZ · FragmentUSSR—14 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1150COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49821 · 1982-092KC · FragmentUSSR—14 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1151COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50106 · 1982-092UW · FragmentUSSR—14 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1152COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50919 · 1982-092AVN · FragmentUSSR—14 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1153COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51236 · 1982-092BBN · FragmentUSSR—14 May 2022—Re-entered
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