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
2022-1353COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51546 · 1982-092BLX · FragmentUSSR—12 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1358COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49599 · 1982-092CQ · FragmentUSSR—13 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1359COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49870 · 1982-092MD · FragmentUSSR—13 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1360COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51536 · 1982-092BLM · FragmentUSSR—13 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1361COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51621 · 1982-092BQA · FragmentUSSR—13 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1369COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50317 · 1982-092AAJ · FragmentUSSR—14 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1370COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51324 · 1982-092BES · FragmentUSSR—14 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1373COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50703 · 1982-092AQB · FragmentUSSR—15 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1374COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50868 · 1982-092ATK · FragmentUSSR—15 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1375COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52218 · 1982-092BWA · FragmentUSSR—15 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1376COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49684 · 1982-092GD · FragmentUSSR—16 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1378COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50960 · 1982-092AXF · FragmentUSSR—16 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1379COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52528 · 1982-092BYP · FragmentUSSR—16 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1383COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50220 · 1982-092WH · FragmentUSSR—17 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1384COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50302 · 1982-092ZT · FragmentUSSR—17 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1386COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49671 · 1982-092FQ · FragmentUSSR—18 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1387COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50276 · 1982-092YR · FragmentUSSR—18 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1388COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50629 · 1982-092ALZ · FragmentUSSR—18 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1389COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51158 · 1982-092AYG · FragmentUSSR—18 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1390COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51665 · 1982-092BQE · FragmentUSSR—18 Jun 2022—Re-entered
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