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
2022-1800COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50335 · 1982-092AAV · FragmentUSSR—1 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-1801COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50348 · 1982-092ABJ · FragmentUSSR—1 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-1802COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51930 · 1982-092BTG · FragmentUSSR—1 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-1807COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50763 · 1982-092ASP · FragmentUSSR—2 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-1808COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51554 · 1982-092BMF · FragmentUSSR—2 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-1811COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49792 · 1982-092JJ · FragmentUSSR—3 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-1812COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50675 · 1982-092ANX · FragmentUSSR—3 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-1813COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49608 · 1982-092CZ · FragmentUSSR—4 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-1814COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50418 · 1982-092AEG · FragmentUSSR—4 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-1815COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51519 · 1982-092BKU · FragmentUSSR—4 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-1819COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49533 · 1982-092W · FragmentUSSR—5 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-1820COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49678 · 1982-092FX · FragmentUSSR—5 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-1821COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50238 · 1982-092XB · FragmentUSSR—5 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-1822COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51313 · 1982-092BEF · FragmentUSSR—5 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-1823COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51563 · 1982-092BMQ · FragmentUSSR—5 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-1825COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50303 · 1982-092ZU · FragmentUSSR—6 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-1834COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50420 · 1982-092AEJ · FragmentUSSR—8 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-1842COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50918 · 1982-092AVM · FragmentUSSR—10 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-1847COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50124 · 1982-092VQ · FragmentUSSR—11 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-1848COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50304 · 1982-092ZV · FragmentUSSR—11 Sep 2022—Re-entered
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