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
2022-1624COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49691 · 1982-092GL · FragmentUSSR—27 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1626COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49648 · 1982-092ER · FragmentUSSR—28 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1627COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50272 · 1982-092YM · FragmentUSSR—28 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1628COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51574 · 1982-092BNB · FragmentUSSR—28 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1629COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51929 · 1982-092BTF · FragmentUSSR—28 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1630COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52051 · 1982-092BUD · FragmentUSSR—28 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1631COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52075 · 1982-092BVD · FragmentUSSR—28 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1632COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52526 · 1982-092BYM · FragmentUSSR—28 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1634COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49906 · 1982-092NR · FragmentUSSR—29 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1636COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50345 · 1982-092ABF · FragmentUSSR—30 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1637COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50581 · 1982-092AJZ · FragmentUSSR—30 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1640COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49859 · 1982-092LS · FragmentUSSR—31 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1641COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50976 · 1982-092AXX · FragmentUSSR—31 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1646COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50637 · 1982-092AMH · FragmentUSSR—2 Aug 2022—Re-entered2022-1647COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49801 · 1982-092JT · FragmentUSSR—3 Aug 2022—Re-entered2022-1652COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50683 · 1982-092APF · FragmentUSSR—4 Aug 2022—Re-entered2022-1653COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51255 · 1982-092BCH · FragmentUSSR—4 Aug 2022—Re-entered2022-1654COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51520 · 1982-092BKV · FragmentUSSR—4 Aug 2022—Re-entered2022-1655COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51589 · 1982-092BNS · FragmentUSSR—4 Aug 2022—Re-entered2022-1656COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51711 · 1982-092BSC · FragmentUSSR—4 Aug 2022—Re-entered
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