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
2022-1849COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50915 · 1982-092AVJ · FragmentUSSR—11 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-1850COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52225 · 1982-092BWH · FragmentUSSR—11 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-1854COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50656 · 1982-092ANC · FragmentUSSR—12 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-1859COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50617 · 1982-092ALM · FragmentUSSR—14 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-1862COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49860 · 1982-092LT · FragmentUSSR—15 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-1864COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50768 · 1982-092ASU · FragmentUSSR—15 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-1865COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51700 · 1982-092BRR · FragmentUSSR—15 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-1876COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52439 · 1982-092BXV · FragmentUSSR—17 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-1881COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50340 · 1982-092ABA · FragmentUSSR—18 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-1882COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50943 · 1982-092AWN · FragmentUSSR—18 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-1887COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49525 · 1982-092N · FragmentUSSR—19 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-1888COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50518 · 1982-092AGR · FragmentUSSR—19 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-1894COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51228 · 1982-092BBE · FragmentUSSR—21 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-1895COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51593 · 1982-092BNW · FragmentUSSR—21 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-1904COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49579 · 1982-092BU · FragmentUSSR—22 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-1905COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50547 · 1982-092AHW · FragmentUSSR—22 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-1906COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50692 · 1982-092APQ · FragmentUSSR—22 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-1907COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51914 · 1982-092BSQ · FragmentUSSR—22 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-1908COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51942 · 1982-092BTU · FragmentUSSR—22 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-1909COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52522 · 1982-092BYH · FragmentUSSR—22 Sep 2022—Re-entered
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