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
2022-1573COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51220 · 1982-092BAW · FragmentUSSR—17 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1575COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51426 · 1982-092BJY · FragmentUSSR—18 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1581COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49857 · 1982-092LQ · FragmentUSSR—19 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1582COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50111 · 1982-092VB · FragmentUSSR—19 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1583COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50641 · 1982-092AMM · FragmentUSSR—19 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1584COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51416 · 1982-092BJN · FragmentUSSR—19 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1594COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51180 · 1982-092AZE · FragmentUSSR—20 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1595COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51403 · 1982-092BHZ · FragmentUSSR—20 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1596COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51939 · 1982-092BTR · FragmentUSSR—20 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1597COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52527 · 1982-092BYN · FragmentUSSR—20 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1598COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52251 · 1982-092BXK · FragmentUSSR—21 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1599COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52923 · 1982-092CAU · FragmentUSSR—21 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1605COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50374 · 1982-092ACL · FragmentUSSR—23 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1608COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50013 · 1982-092QZ · FragmentUSSR—24 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1609COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50434 · 1982-092AEY · FragmentUSSR—24 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1610COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52729 · 1982-092BZM · FragmentUSSR—24 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1611COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52927 · 1982-092CAY · FragmentUSSR—24 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1614COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51380 · 1982-092BHA · FragmentUSSR—25 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1617COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49967 · 1982-092PJ · FragmentUSSR—26 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1618COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50233 · 1982-092WW · FragmentUSSR—26 Jul 2022—Re-entered
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