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
2022-2269COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 53099 · 1982-092CBK · FragmentUSSR—17 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2274COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49878 · 1982-092MM · FragmentUSSR—18 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2275COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50008 · 1982-092QU · FragmentUSSR—18 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2276COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50050 · 1982-092SN · FragmentUSSR—18 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2277COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51365 · 1982-092BGK · FragmentUSSR—18 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2279COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52050 · 1982-092BUC · FragmentUSSR—18 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2284COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52521 · 1982-092BYG · FragmentUSSR—19 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2291COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49635 · 1982-092EC · FragmentUSSR—21 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2292COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49722 · 1982-092HT · FragmentUSSR—21 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2293COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49822 · 1982-092KD · FragmentUSSR—21 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2294COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50895 · 1982-092AUN · FragmentUSSR—21 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2295COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51272 · 1982-092BDA · FragmentUSSR—21 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2296COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52435 · 1982-092BXR · FragmentUSSR—21 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2302COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50306 · 1982-092ZX · FragmentUSSR—24 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2303COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50528 · 1982-092AHB · FragmentUSSR—25 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2326COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49538 · 1982-092AB · FragmentUSSR—29 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2327COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49558 · 1982-092AX · FragmentUSSR—29 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2328COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49634 · 1982-092EB · FragmentUSSR—29 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2329COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49637 · 1982-092EE · FragmentUSSR—29 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2330COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50258 · 1982-092XX · FragmentUSSR—29 Nov 2022—Re-entered
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