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
2022-1493COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52076 · 1982-092BVE · FragmentUSSR—2 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1494COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50346 · 1982-092ABG · FragmentUSSR—3 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1496COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51540 · 1982-092BLR · FragmentUSSR—3 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1497COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52081 · 1982-092BVK · FragmentUSSR—3 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1500COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49516 · 1982-092D · FragmentUSSR—4 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1501COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50431 · 1982-092AEV · FragmentUSSR—4 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1511COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51321 · 1982-092BEP · FragmentUSSR—5 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1514COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50394 · 1982-092ADG · FragmentUSSR—6 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1517COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52727 · 1982-092BZK · FragmentUSSR—6 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1520COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49992 · 1982-092QK · FragmentUSSR—7 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1521COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50587 · 1982-092AKF · FragmentUSSR—7 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1522COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51370 · 1982-092BGQ · FragmentUSSR—7 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1523COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51685 · 1982-092BRA · FragmentUSSR—7 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1529COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49555 · 1982-092AU · FragmentUSSR—8 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1530COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49803 · 1982-092JV · FragmentUSSR—8 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1531COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50929 · 1982-092AVY · FragmentUSSR—8 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1537COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50508 · 1982-092AGF · FragmentUSSR—9 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1538COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51580 · 1982-092BNH · FragmentUSSR—9 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1539COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52730 · 1982-092BZN · FragmentUSSR—9 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1541COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50247 · 1982-092XL · FragmentUSSR—10 Jul 2022—Re-entered
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