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
2022-1985COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51936 · 1982-092BTN · FragmentUSSR—5 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-1986COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52210 · 1982-092BVS · FragmentUSSR—5 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2000COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50761 · 1982-092ASM · FragmentUSSR—7 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2001COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51297 · 1982-092BDP · FragmentUSSR—7 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2007COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50673 · 1982-092ANV · FragmentUSSR—8 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2008COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51160 · 1982-092AYJ · FragmentUSSR—8 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2009COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51337 · 1982-092BFF · FragmentUSSR—8 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2010COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51587 · 1982-092BNQ · FragmentUSSR—8 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2023COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49659 · 1982-092FC · FragmentUSSR—12 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2024COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49808 · 1982-092KA · FragmentUSSR—12 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2025COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50082 · 1982-092TW · FragmentUSSR—12 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2026COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50120 · 1982-092VL · FragmentUSSR—12 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2027COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50260 · 1982-092XZ · FragmentUSSR—12 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2028COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50267 · 1982-092YG · FragmentUSSR—12 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2029COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50298 · 1982-092ZP · FragmentUSSR—12 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2030COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50606 · 1982-092ALA · FragmentUSSR—12 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2031COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50751 · 1982-092ASB · FragmentUSSR—12 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2032COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51295 · 1982-092BDM · FragmentUSSR—12 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2033COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51300 · 1982-092BDS · FragmentUSSR—12 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2034COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52515 · 1982-092BYA · FragmentUSSR—12 Oct 2022—Re-entered
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