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
2022-1542COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50422 · 1982-092AEL · FragmentUSSR—10 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1543COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50757 · 1982-092ASH · FragmentUSSR—10 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1544COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51662 · 1982-092BQB · FragmentUSSR—10 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1547COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52048 · 1982-092BUA · FragmentUSSR—11 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1548COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52438 · 1982-092BXU · FragmentUSSR—11 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1549COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50616 · 1982-092ALL · FragmentUSSR—12 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1550COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50901 · 1982-092AUU · FragmentUSSR—12 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1551COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50930 · 1982-092AVZ · FragmentUSSR—12 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1554COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50710 · 1982-092AQJ · FragmentUSSR—13 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1560COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49695 · 1982-092GQ · FragmentUSSR—14 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1561COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49893 · 1982-092NC · FragmentUSSR—14 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1562COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50054 · 1982-092SS · FragmentUSSR—14 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1563COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50343 · 1982-092ABD · FragmentUSSR—14 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1564COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51391 · 1982-092BHM · FragmentUSSR—14 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1565COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51943 · 1982-092BTV · FragmentUSSR—14 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1567COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50248 · 1982-092XM · FragmentUSSR—16 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1568COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50665 · 1982-092ANM · FragmentUSSR—16 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1569COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51268 · 1982-092BCW · FragmentUSSR—16 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1570COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52930 · 1982-092CBB · FragmentUSSR—16 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1572COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50415 · 1982-092AED · FragmentUSSR—17 Jul 2022—Re-entered
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