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
2022-0094COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50068 · 1982-092TG · FragmentUSSR—18 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0095COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50328 · 1982-092AAN · FragmentUSSR—18 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0096COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50726 · 1982-092ARA · FragmentUSSR—18 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0098COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49543 · 1982-092AG · FragmentUSSR—19 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0099COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50056 · 1982-092SU · FragmentUSSR—19 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0100COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50271 · 1982-092YL · FragmentUSSR—19 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0101COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50279 · 1982-092YU · FragmentUSSR—19 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0102COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50289 · 1982-092ZE · FragmentUSSR—19 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0103COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50917 · 1982-092AVL · FragmentUSSR—19 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0107COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49781 · 1982-092HX · FragmentUSSR—20 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0108COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49872 · 1982-092MF · FragmentUSSR—20 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0109COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50009 · 1982-092QV · FragmentUSSR—20 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0110COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50585 · 1982-092AKD · FragmentUSSR—20 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0111COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50597 · 1982-092AKR · FragmentUSSR—20 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0112COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50749 · 1982-092ARZ · FragmentUSSR—20 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0114COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50932 · 1982-092AWB · FragmentUSSR—20 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0120COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49989 · 1982-092QG · FragmentUSSR—21 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0121COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50282 · 1982-092YX · FragmentUSSR—21 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0125COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49654 · 1982-092EX · FragmentUSSR—22 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0126COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50033 · 1982-092RV · FragmentUSSR—22 Jan 2022—Re-entered
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