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
2022-0055COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50649 · 1982-092AMV · FragmentUSSR—13 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0061COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49983 · 1982-092QA · FragmentUSSR—14 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0062COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50114 · 1982-092VE · FragmentUSSR—14 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0066COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49905 · 1982-092NQ · FragmentUSSR—15 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0067COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50063 · 1982-092TB · FragmentUSSR—15 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0069COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50454 · 1982-092AFU · FragmentUSSR—15 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0070COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50520 · 1982-092AGT · FragmentUSSR—15 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0071COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50747 · 1982-092ARX · FragmentUSSR—15 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0078COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49643 · 1982-092EL · FragmentUSSR—16 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0080COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50277 · 1982-092YS · FragmentUSSR—16 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0081COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50429 · 1982-092AET · FragmentUSSR—16 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0082COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50589 · 1982-092AKH · FragmentUSSR—16 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0086COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49564 · 1982-092BD · FragmentUSSR—17 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0087COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49902 · 1982-092NM · FragmentUSSR—17 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0088COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50088 · 1982-092UC · FragmentUSSR—17 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0089COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50296 · 1982-092ZM · FragmentUSSR—17 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0090COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50435 · 1982-092AEZ · FragmentUSSR—17 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0091COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49858 · 1982-092LR · FragmentUSSR—18 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0092COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49867 · 1982-092MA · FragmentUSSR—18 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0093COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49900 · 1982-092NK · FragmentUSSR—18 Jan 2022—Re-entered
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