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
2022-1657COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52239 · 1982-092BWX · FragmentUSSR—4 Aug 2022—Re-entered2022-1658COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52519 · 1982-092BYE · FragmentUSSR—4 Aug 2022—Re-entered2022-1659COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52720 · 1982-092BZC · FragmentUSSR—4 Aug 2022—Re-entered2022-1661COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50706 · 1982-092AQE · FragmentUSSR—5 Aug 2022—Re-entered2022-1663COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50620 · 1982-092ALQ · FragmentUSSR—6 Aug 2022—Re-entered2022-1664COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49534 · 1982-092X · FragmentUSSR—7 Aug 2022—Re-entered2022-1665COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49881 · 1982-092MQ · FragmentUSSR—7 Aug 2022—Re-entered2022-1666COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51387 · 1982-092BHH · FragmentUSSR—7 Aug 2022—Re-entered2022-1667COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51558 · 1982-092BMK · FragmentUSSR—7 Aug 2022—Re-entered2022-1674COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49882 · 1982-092MR · FragmentUSSR—8 Aug 2022—Re-entered2022-1675COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50512 · 1982-092AGK · FragmentUSSR—8 Aug 2022—Re-entered2022-1676COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51701 · 1982-092BRS · FragmentUSSR—8 Aug 2022—Re-entered2022-1681COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49547 · 1982-092AL · FragmentUSSR—9 Aug 2022—Re-entered2022-1682COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51210 · 1982-092BAL · FragmentUSSR—9 Aug 2022—Re-entered2022-1684COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50226 · 1982-092WP · FragmentUSSR—10 Aug 2022—Re-entered2022-1687COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49578 · 1982-092BT · FragmentUSSR—11 Aug 2022—Re-entered2022-1688COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50462 · 1982-092AGC · FragmentUSSR—11 Aug 2022—Re-entered2022-1697COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49644 · 1982-092EM · FragmentUSSR—12 Aug 2022—Re-entered2022-1698COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52238 · 1982-092BWW · FragmentUSSR—12 Aug 2022—Re-entered2022-1699COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52813 · 1982-092CAA · FragmentUSSR—12 Aug 2022—Re-entered
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