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
2022-1759COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51671 · 1982-092BQL · FragmentUSSR—24 Aug 2022—Re-entered2022-1761COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51560 · 1982-092BMM · FragmentUSSR—25 Aug 2022—Re-entered2022-1762COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51709 · 1982-092BSA · FragmentUSSR—25 Aug 2022—Re-entered2022-1763COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52524 · 1982-092BYK · FragmentUSSR—25 Aug 2022—Re-entered2022-1765COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50015 · 1982-092RB · FragmentUSSR—26 Aug 2022—Re-entered2022-1767COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50359 · 1982-092ABV · FragmentUSSR—27 Aug 2022—Re-entered2022-1768COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50413 · 1982-092AEB · FragmentUSSR—27 Aug 2022—Re-entered2022-1771COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49686 · 1982-092GF · FragmentUSSR—28 Aug 2022—Re-entered2022-1772COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49721 · 1982-092HS · FragmentUSSR—28 Aug 2022—Re-entered2022-1778COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50378 · 1982-092ACQ · FragmentUSSR—29 Aug 2022—Re-entered2022-1779COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52812 · 1982-092BZZ · FragmentUSSR—29 Aug 2022—Re-entered2022-1782COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52820 · 1982-092CAF · FragmentUSSR—30 Aug 2022—Re-entered2022-1787COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50461 · 1982-092AGB · FragmentUSSR—31 Aug 2022—Re-entered2022-1788COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50630 · 1982-092AMA · FragmentUSSR—31 Aug 2022—Re-entered2022-1789COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50762 · 1982-092ASN · FragmentUSSR—31 Aug 2022—Re-entered2022-1790COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51291 · 1982-092BDH · FragmentUSSR—31 Aug 2022—Re-entered2022-1791COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51381 · 1982-092BHB · FragmentUSSR—31 Aug 2022—Re-entered2022-1797COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49523 · 1982-092L · FragmentUSSR—1 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-1798COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49710 · 1982-092HF · FragmentUSSR—1 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-1799COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49896 · 1982-092NF · FragmentUSSR—1 Sep 2022—Re-entered
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