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
2022-2150COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50862 · 1982-092ATD · FragmentUSSR—29 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2151COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51618 · 1982-092BPX · FragmentUSSR—29 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2161COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50031 · 1982-092RT · FragmentUSSR—1 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2162COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50423 · 1982-092AEM · FragmentUSSR—1 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2163COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50525 · 1982-092AGY · FragmentUSSR—1 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2164COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50719 · 1982-092AQT · FragmentUSSR—1 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2165COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51170 · 1982-092AYU · FragmentUSSR—1 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2169COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49556 · 1982-092AV · FragmentUSSR—2 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2170COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50519 · 1982-092AGS · FragmentUSSR—2 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2172COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51931 · 1982-092BTH · FragmentUSSR—3 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2180COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49600 · 1982-092CR · FragmentUSSR—5 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2181COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49623 · 1982-092DQ · FragmentUSSR—5 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2182COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50459 · 1982-092AFZ · FragmentUSSR—5 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2183COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50609 · 1982-092ALD · FragmentUSSR—5 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2184COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50764 · 1982-092ASQ · FragmentUSSR—5 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2185COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50874 · 1982-092ATR · FragmentUSSR—5 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2186COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51425 · 1982-092BJX · FragmentUSSR—5 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2187COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52433 · 1982-092BXP · FragmentUSSR—5 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2188COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52821 · 1982-092CAG · FragmentUSSR—5 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2203COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49632 · 1982-092DZ · FragmentUSSR—9 Nov 2022—Re-entered
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