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
2022-1910COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52724 · 1982-092BZG · FragmentUSSR—22 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-1911COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52807 · 1982-092BZU · FragmentUSSR—22 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-1912COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52926 · 1982-092CAX · FragmentUSSR—22 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-1923COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49849 · 1982-092LG · FragmentUSSR—27 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-1924COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50408 · 1982-092ADW · FragmentUSSR—27 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-1925COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50664 · 1982-092ANL · FragmentUSSR—27 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-1926COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50732 · 1982-092ARG · FragmentUSSR—27 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-1927COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51196 · 1982-092AZW · FragmentUSSR—27 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-1932COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 53952 · 1982-092CBM · FragmentUSSR—28 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-1938COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49640 · 1982-092EH · FragmentUSSR—29 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-1939COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50455 · 1982-092AFV · FragmentUSSR—29 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-1940COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50600 · 1982-092AKU · FragmentUSSR—29 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-1941COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50736 · 1982-092ARL · FragmentUSSR—29 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-1942COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50867 · 1982-092ATJ · FragmentUSSR—29 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-1943COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51598 · 1982-092BPB · FragmentUSSR—29 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-1944COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51612 · 1982-092BPR · FragmentUSSR—29 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-1945COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51705 · 1982-092BRW · FragmentUSSR—29 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-1947COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52214 · 1982-092BVW · FragmentUSSR—29 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-1953COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49601 · 1982-092CS · FragmentUSSR—30 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-1954COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49785 · 1982-092JB · FragmentUSSR—30 Sep 2022—Re-entered
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