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
2022-1461COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51941 · 1982-092BTT · FragmentUSSR—27 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1462COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52529 · 1982-092BYQ · FragmentUSSR—27 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1464COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52804 · 1982-092BZR · FragmentUSSR—27 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1467COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49667 · 1982-092FL · FragmentUSSR—28 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1468COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51161 · 1982-092AYK · FragmentUSSR—28 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1469COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51204 · 1982-092BAE · FragmentUSSR—28 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1470COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51689 · 1982-092BRE · FragmentUSSR—28 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1474COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49842 · 1982-092KZ · FragmentUSSR—29 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1476COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52922 · 1982-092CAT · FragmentUSSR—29 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1479COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50011 · 1982-092QX · FragmentUSSR—30 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1480COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51602 · 1982-092BPF · FragmentUSSR—30 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1481COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52056 · 1982-092BUJ · FragmentUSSR—30 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1482COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52731 · 1982-092BZP · FragmentUSSR—30 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1485COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50377 · 1982-092ACP · FragmentUSSR—1 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1486COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50626 · 1982-092ALW · FragmentUSSR—1 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1487COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50947 · 1982-092AWS · FragmentUSSR—1 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1488COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50977 · 1982-092AXY · FragmentUSSR—1 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1489COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52826 · 1982-092CAM · FragmentUSSR—1 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1491COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50645 · 1982-092AMR · FragmentUSSR—2 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1492COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51679 · 1982-092BQU · FragmentUSSR—2 Jul 2022—Re-entered
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