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
2022-1154COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51334 · 1982-092BFC · FragmentUSSR—14 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1159COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50436 · 1982-092AFA · FragmentUSSR—15 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1160COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50700 · 1982-092APY · FragmentUSSR—15 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1161COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51187 · 1982-092AZM · FragmentUSSR—15 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1162COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51217 · 1982-092BAT · FragmentUSSR—15 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1165COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49570 · 1982-092BK · FragmentUSSR—16 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1166COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49712 · 1982-092HH · FragmentUSSR—16 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1167COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50127 · 1982-092VT · FragmentUSSR—16 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1168COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50246 · 1982-092XK · FragmentUSSR—16 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1169COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50355 · 1982-092ABR · FragmentUSSR—16 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1170COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50974 · 1982-092AXV · FragmentUSSR—16 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1171COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51227 · 1982-092BBD · FragmentUSSR—16 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1172COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51431 · 1982-092BKD · FragmentUSSR—16 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1173COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51512 · 1982-092BKM · FragmentUSSR—16 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1174COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51552 · 1982-092BMD · FragmentUSSR—16 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1175COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51912 · 1982-092BSN · FragmentUSSR—16 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1181COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49986 · 1982-092QD · FragmentUSSR—17 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1182COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50631 · 1982-092AMB · FragmentUSSR—17 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1183COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50741 · 1982-092ARR · FragmentUSSR—17 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1184COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50948 · 1982-092AWT · FragmentUSSR—17 May 2022—Re-entered
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