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
2022-1424COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51254 · 1982-092BCG · FragmentUSSR—23 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1425COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51363 · 1982-092BGH · FragmentUSSR—23 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1426COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51401 · 1982-092BHX · FragmentUSSR—23 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1427COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51937 · 1982-092BTP · FragmentUSSR—23 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1430COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50433 · 1982-092AEX · FragmentUSSR—24 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1431COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50594 · 1982-092AKN · FragmentUSSR—24 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1432COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50950 · 1982-092AWV · FragmentUSSR—24 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1433COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51935 · 1982-092BTM · FragmentUSSR—24 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1438COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49630 · 1982-092DX · FragmentUSSR—25 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1439COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50067 · 1982-092TF · FragmentUSSR—25 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1440COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51326 · 1982-092BEU · FragmentUSSR—25 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1444COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49714 · 1982-092HK · FragmentUSSR—26 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1445COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49977 · 1982-092PU · FragmentUSSR—26 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1446COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50598 · 1982-092AKS · FragmentUSSR—26 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1448COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52070 · 1982-092BUY · FragmentUSSR—26 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1450COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52233 · 1982-092BWR · FragmentUSSR—26 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1455COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52819 · 1982-092CAE · FragmentUSSR—26 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1458COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50876 · 1982-092ATT · FragmentUSSR—27 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1459COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51223 · 1982-092BAZ · FragmentUSSR—27 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1460COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51696 · 1982-092BRM · FragmentUSSR—27 Jun 2022—Re-entered
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