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
2022-1955COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51304 · 1982-092BDW · FragmentUSSR—30 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-1958COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50018 · 1982-092RE · FragmentUSSR—1 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-1959COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50907 · 1982-092AVA · FragmentUSSR—1 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-1963COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51290 · 1982-092BDG · FragmentUSSR—2 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-1964COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51339 · 1982-092BFH · FragmentUSSR—2 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-1965COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51706 · 1982-092BRX · FragmentUSSR—2 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-1968COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50022 · 1982-092RJ · FragmentUSSR—3 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-1969COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50534 · 1982-092AHH · FragmentUSSR—3 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-1970COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51347 · 1982-092BFR · FragmentUSSR—3 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-1971COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52525 · 1982-092BYL · FragmentUSSR—3 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-1972COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52931 · 1982-092CBC · FragmentUSSR—3 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-1976COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49702 · 1982-092GX · FragmentUSSR—5 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-1977COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49845 · 1982-092LC · FragmentUSSR—5 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-1978COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49912 · 1982-092NX · FragmentUSSR—5 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-1979COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49999 · 1982-092QS · FragmentUSSR—5 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-1980COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50060 · 1982-092SY · FragmentUSSR—5 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-1981COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50679 · 1982-092APB · FragmentUSSR—5 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-1982COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51516 · 1982-092BKR · FragmentUSSR—5 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-1983COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51541 · 1982-092BLS · FragmentUSSR—5 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-1984COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51611 · 1982-092BPQ · FragmentUSSR—5 Oct 2022—Re-entered
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