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
2022-2108COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50297 · 1982-092ZN · FragmentUSSR—22 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2109COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50313 · 1982-092AAE · FragmentUSSR—22 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2114COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50526 · 1982-092AGZ · FragmentUSSR—24 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2115COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50897 · 1982-092AUQ · FragmentUSSR—24 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2116COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51327 · 1982-092BEV · FragmentUSSR—24 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2120COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 53954 · 1982-092CBP · FragmentUSSR—24 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2122COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49998 · 1982-092QR · FragmentUSSR—25 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2123COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50610 · 1982-092ALE · FragmentUSSR—25 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2124COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51569 · 1982-092BMW · FragmentUSSR—25 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2126COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50516 · 1982-092AGP · FragmentUSSR—26 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2132COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49522 · 1982-092K · FragmentUSSR—27 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2133COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49918 · 1982-092PD · FragmentUSSR—27 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2134COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50121 · 1982-092VM · FragmentUSSR—27 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2135COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50644 · 1982-092AMQ · FragmentUSSR—27 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2136COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51417 · 1982-092BJP · FragmentUSSR—27 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2137COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51940 · 1982-092BTS · FragmentUSSR—27 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2138COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52073 · 1982-092BVB · FragmentUSSR—27 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2139COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52237 · 1982-092BWV · FragmentUSSR—27 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2140COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52532 · 1982-092BYT · FragmentUSSR—27 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2141COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52810 · 1982-092BZX · FragmentUSSR—27 Oct 2022—Re-entered
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