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
2022-1247COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50685 · 1982-092APH · FragmentUSSR—25 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1248COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51201 · 1982-092BAB · FragmentUSSR—25 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1249COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51418 · 1982-092BJQ · FragmentUSSR—25 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1250COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52224 · 1982-092BWG · FragmentUSSR—25 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1253COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49672 · 1982-092FR · FragmentUSSR—26 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1254COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50222 · 1982-092WK · FragmentUSSR—26 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1255COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50717 · 1982-092AQR · FragmentUSSR—26 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1256COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50916 · 1982-092AVK · FragmentUSSR—26 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1261COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50399 · 1982-092ADM · FragmentUSSR—27 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1262COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50530 · 1982-092AHD · FragmentUSSR—27 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1263COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50769 · 1982-092ASV · FragmentUSSR—27 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1267COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50043 · 1982-092SF · FragmentUSSR—28 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1268COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50924 · 1982-092AVT · FragmentUSSR—28 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1269COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51308 · 1982-092BEA · FragmentUSSR—28 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1270COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51693 · 1982-092BRJ · FragmentUSSR—28 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1271COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52434 · 1982-092BXQ · FragmentUSSR—28 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1273COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50042 · 1982-092SE · FragmentUSSR—29 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1277COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50678 · 1982-092APA · FragmentUSSR—30 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1278COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51916 · 1982-092BSS · FragmentUSSR—30 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1283COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49847 · 1982-092LE · FragmentUSSR—31 May 2022—Re-entered
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