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
2022-1702COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50367 · 1982-092ACD · FragmentUSSR—13 Aug 2022—Re-entered2022-1703COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51615 · 1982-092BPU · FragmentUSSR—13 Aug 2022—Re-entered2022-1710COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50273 · 1982-092YN · FragmentUSSR—15 Aug 2022—Re-entered2022-1711COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51205 · 1982-092BAF · FragmentUSSR—15 Aug 2022—Re-entered2022-1713COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49974 · 1982-092PR · FragmentUSSR—16 Aug 2022—Re-entered2022-1714COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51372 · 1982-092BGS · FragmentUSSR—16 Aug 2022—Re-entered2022-1717COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49855 · 1982-092LN · FragmentUSSR—17 Aug 2022—Re-entered2022-1718COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51191 · 1982-092AZR · FragmentUSSR—17 Aug 2022—Re-entered2022-1719COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51388 · 1982-092BHJ · FragmentUSSR—17 Aug 2022—Re-entered2022-1720COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52212 · 1982-092BVU · FragmentUSSR—17 Aug 2022—Re-entered2022-1722COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50393 · 1982-092ADF · FragmentUSSR—18 Aug 2022—Re-entered2022-1728COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49831 · 1982-092KN · FragmentUSSR—19 Aug 2022—Re-entered2022-1729COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52516 · 1982-092BYB · FragmentUSSR—19 Aug 2022—Re-entered2022-1730COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52920 · 1982-092CAR · FragmentUSSR—19 Aug 2022—Re-entered2022-1746COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50663 · 1982-092ANK · FragmentUSSR—22 Aug 2022—Re-entered2022-1747COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51199 · 1982-092AZZ · FragmentUSSR—22 Aug 2022—Re-entered2022-1752COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50438 · 1982-092AFC · FragmentUSSR—23 Aug 2022—Re-entered2022-1753COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50758 · 1982-092ASJ · FragmentUSSR—23 Aug 2022—Re-entered2022-1754COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51252 · 1982-092BCE · FragmentUSSR—23 Aug 2022—Re-entered2022-1758COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50980 · 1982-092AYB · FragmentUSSR—24 Aug 2022—Re-entered
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