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
2022-1185COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51591 · 1982-092BNU · FragmentUSSR—17 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1189COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49836 · 1982-092KT · FragmentUSSR—18 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1190COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50515 · 1982-092AGN · FragmentUSSR—18 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1191COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51174 · 1982-092AYY · FragmentUSSR—18 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1192COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51928 · 1982-092BTE · FragmentUSSR—18 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1199COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49793 · 1982-092JK · FragmentUSSR—19 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1200COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50028 · 1982-092RQ · FragmentUSSR—19 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1201COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50743 · 1982-092ART · FragmentUSSR—19 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1203COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50550 · 1982-092AHZ · FragmentUSSR—20 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1204COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50555 · 1982-092AJE · FragmentUSSR—20 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1205COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51159 · 1982-092AYH · FragmentUSSR—20 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1206COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51224 · 1982-092BBA · FragmentUSSR—20 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1207COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51534 · 1982-092BLK · FragmentUSSR—20 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1216COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50357 · 1982-092ABT · FragmentUSSR—22 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1217COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50375 · 1982-092ACM · FragmentUSSR—22 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1218COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50458 · 1982-092AFY · FragmentUSSR—22 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1219COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51179 · 1982-092AZD · FragmentUSSR—22 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1220COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51307 · 1982-092BDZ · FragmentUSSR—22 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1221COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51317 · 1982-092BEK · FragmentUSSR—22 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1223COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51551 · 1982-092BMC · FragmentUSSR—22 May 2022—Re-entered
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