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
2022-1312COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51555 · 1982-092BMG · FragmentUSSR—5 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1313COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51695 · 1982-092BRL · FragmentUSSR—5 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1314COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52226 · 1982-092BWJ · FragmentUSSR—5 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1320COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49876 · 1982-092MK · FragmentUSSR—6 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1321COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51353 · 1982-092BFX · FragmentUSSR—6 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1328COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49880 · 1982-092MP · FragmentUSSR—8 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1329COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51549 · 1982-092BMA · FragmentUSSR—8 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1330COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51556 · 1982-092BMH · FragmentUSSR—8 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1331COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51583 · 1982-092BNL · FragmentUSSR—8 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1337COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50126 · 1982-092VS · FragmentUSSR—9 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1338COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50506 · 1982-092AGD · FragmentUSSR—9 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1339COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51543 · 1982-092BLU · FragmentUSSR—9 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1342COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50024 · 1982-092RL · FragmentUSSR—11 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1343COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50957 · 1982-092AXC · FragmentUSSR—11 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1347COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49567 · 1982-092BG · FragmentUSSR—12 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1348COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49639 · 1982-092EG · FragmentUSSR—12 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1349COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50104 · 1982-092UU · FragmentUSSR—12 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1350COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50308 · 1982-092ZZ · FragmentUSSR—12 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1351COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50894 · 1982-092AUM · FragmentUSSR—12 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1352COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51197 · 1982-092AZX · FragmentUSSR—12 Jun 2022—Re-entered
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