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
2022-1224COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51945 · 1982-092BTX · FragmentUSSR—22 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1225COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52207 · 1982-092BVP · FragmentUSSR—22 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1226COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49689 · 1982-092GJ · FragmentUSSR—23 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1227COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49791 · 1982-092JH · FragmentUSSR—23 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1228COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49874 · 1982-092MH · FragmentUSSR—23 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1229COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50341 · 1982-092ABB · FragmentUSSR—23 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1230COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50725 · 1982-092AQZ · FragmentUSSR—23 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1231COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50905 · 1982-092AUY · FragmentUSSR—23 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1232COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51165 · 1982-092AYP · FragmentUSSR—23 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1233COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51244 · 1982-092BBW · FragmentUSSR—23 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1234COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51345 · 1982-092BFP · FragmentUSSR—23 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1237COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50081 · 1982-092TV · FragmentUSSR—24 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1238COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50255 · 1982-092XU · FragmentUSSR—24 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1239COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50338 · 1982-092AAY · FragmentUSSR—24 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1240COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50356 · 1982-092ABS · FragmentUSSR—24 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1241COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50671 · 1982-092ANT · FragmentUSSR—24 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1242COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51246 · 1982-092BBY · FragmentUSSR—24 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1243COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51538 · 1982-092BLP · FragmentUSSR—24 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1244COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51927 · 1982-092BTD · FragmentUSSR—24 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1245COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52245 · 1982-092BXD · FragmentUSSR—24 May 2022—Re-entered
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