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
2022-2049COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50720 · 1982-092AQU · FragmentUSSR—13 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2050COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51557 · 1982-092BMJ · FragmentUSSR—13 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2063COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50274 · 1982-092YP · FragmentUSSR—15 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2064COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52080 · 1982-092BVJ · FragmentUSSR—15 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2069COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50545 · 1982-092AHU · FragmentUSSR—16 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2070COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50633 · 1982-092AMD · FragmentUSSR—16 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2074COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50521 · 1982-092AGU · FragmentUSSR—17 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2077COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49713 · 1982-092HJ · FragmentUSSR—18 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2078COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50529 · 1982-092AHC · FragmentUSSR—18 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2079COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51330 · 1982-092BEY · FragmentUSSR—18 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2084COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50369 · 1982-092ACF · FragmentUSSR—19 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2085COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50513 · 1982-092AGL · FragmentUSSR—19 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2086COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50549 · 1982-092AHY · FragmentUSSR—19 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2087COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51212 · 1982-092BAN · FragmentUSSR—19 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2088COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51394 · 1982-092BHQ · FragmentUSSR—19 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2095COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52083 · 1982-092BVM · FragmentUSSR—20 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2096COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52254 · 1982-092BXN · FragmentUSSR—20 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2097COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52827 · 1982-092CAN · FragmentUSSR—20 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2100COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50920 · 1982-092AVP · FragmentUSSR—21 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2107COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49670 · 1982-092FP · FragmentUSSR—22 Oct 2022—Re-entered
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