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
2022-1391COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52063 · 1982-092BUR · FragmentUSSR—18 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1396COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49540 · 1982-092AD · FragmentUSSR—19 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1397COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50331 · 1982-092AAR · FragmentUSSR—19 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1398COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50863 · 1982-092ATE · FragmentUSSR—19 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1399COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51175 · 1982-092AYZ · FragmentUSSR—19 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1400COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51412 · 1982-092BJJ · FragmentUSSR—19 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1404COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51581 · 1982-092BNJ · FragmentUSSR—20 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1405COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51617 · 1982-092BPW · FragmentUSSR—20 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1406COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52234 · 1982-092BWS · FragmentUSSR—20 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1407COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52803 · 1982-092BZQ · FragmentUSSR—20 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1409COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50360 · 1982-092ABW · FragmentUSSR—21 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1410COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51692 · 1982-092BRH · FragmentUSSR—21 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1415COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49652 · 1982-092EV · FragmentUSSR—22 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1416COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50371 · 1982-092ACH · FragmentUSSR—22 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1417COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50398 · 1982-092ADL · FragmentUSSR—22 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1418COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50402 · 1982-092ADQ · FragmentUSSR—22 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1419COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50657 · 1982-092AND · FragmentUSSR—22 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1420COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51251 · 1982-092BCD · FragmentUSSR—22 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1422COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49985 · 1982-092QC · FragmentUSSR—23 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1423COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50531 · 1982-092AHE · FragmentUSSR—23 Jun 2022—Re-entered
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