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
2022-2204COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49848 · 1982-092LF · FragmentUSSR—9 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2205COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49911 · 1982-092NW · FragmentUSSR—9 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2206COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50048 · 1982-092SL · FragmentUSSR—9 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2207COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50223 · 1982-092WL · FragmentUSSR—9 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2208COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50859 · 1982-092ATA · FragmentUSSR—9 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2209COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50914 · 1982-092AVH · FragmentUSSR—9 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2210COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51405 · 1982-092BJB · FragmentUSSR—9 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2211COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51545 · 1982-092BLW · FragmentUSSR—9 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2212COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52520 · 1982-092BYF · FragmentUSSR—9 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2227COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49976 · 1982-092PT · FragmentUSSR—11 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2251COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49626 · 1982-092DT · FragmentUSSR—16 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2252COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50243 · 1982-092XG · FragmentUSSR—16 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2254COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51588 · 1982-092BNR · FragmentUSSR—16 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2255COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52216 · 1982-092BVY · FragmentUSSR—16 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2263COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52079 · 1982-092BVH · FragmentUSSR—17 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2264COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52221 · 1982-092BWD · FragmentUSSR—17 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2265COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52235 · 1982-092BWT · FragmentUSSR—17 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2266COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52241 · 1982-092BWZ · FragmentUSSR—17 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2267COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52593 · 1982-092BZA · FragmentUSSR—17 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2268COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 53098 · 1982-092CBJ · FragmentUSSR—17 Nov 2022—Re-entered
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