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
2022-1284COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49887 · 1982-092MW · FragmentUSSR—31 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1285COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50264 · 1982-092YD · FragmentUSSR—31 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1286COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50265 · 1982-092YE · FragmentUSSR—31 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1287COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51213 · 1982-092BAP · FragmentUSSR—31 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1289COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50364 · 1982-092ACA · FragmentUSSR—1 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1290COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50648 · 1982-092AMU · FragmentUSSR—1 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1291COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50962 · 1982-092AXH · FragmentUSSR—1 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1292COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51157 · 1982-092AYF · FragmentUSSR—1 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1293COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51944 · 1982-092BTW · FragmentUSSR—1 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1296COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49706 · 1982-092HB · FragmentUSSR—3 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1297COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50390 · 1982-092ADC · FragmentUSSR—3 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1298COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50607 · 1982-092ALB · FragmentUSSR—3 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1299COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51265 · 1982-092BCT · FragmentUSSR—3 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1300COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51276 · 1982-092BDE · FragmentUSSR—3 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1301COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51903 · 1982-092BSD · FragmentUSSR—3 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1302COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52074 · 1982-092BVC · FragmentUSSR—3 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1305COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50627 · 1982-092ALX · FragmentUSSR—4 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1306COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52055 · 1982-092BUH · FragmentUSSR—4 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1310COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50533 · 1982-092AHG · FragmentUSSR—5 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1311COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50721 · 1982-092AQV · FragmentUSSR—5 Jun 2022—Re-entered
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