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
2022-0127COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50089 · 1982-092UD · FragmentUSSR—22 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0128COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50221 · 1982-092WJ · FragmentUSSR—22 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0129COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50365 · 1982-092ACB · FragmentUSSR—22 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0133COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49690 · 1982-092GK · FragmentUSSR—23 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0134COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50075 · 1982-092TP · FragmentUSSR—23 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0135COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50869 · 1982-092ATL · FragmentUSSR—23 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0139COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49780 · 1982-092HW · FragmentUSSR—24 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0140COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49783 · 1982-092HZ · FragmentUSSR—24 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0141COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49975 · 1982-092PS · FragmentUSSR—24 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0142COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49993 · 1982-092QL · FragmentUSSR—24 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0143COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50038 · 1982-092SA · FragmentUSSR—24 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0144COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50224 · 1982-092WM · FragmentUSSR—24 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0146COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51169 · 1982-092AYT · FragmentUSSR—24 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0149COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49610 · 1982-092DB · FragmentUSSR—25 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0150COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50071 · 1982-092TK · FragmentUSSR—25 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0151COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50083 · 1982-092TX · FragmentUSSR—25 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0152COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50307 · 1982-092ZY · FragmentUSSR—25 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0153COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50559 · 1982-092AJJ · FragmentUSSR—25 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0154COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51216 · 1982-092BAS · FragmentUSSR—25 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0157COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49565 · 1982-092BE · FragmentUSSR—26 Jan 2022—Re-entered
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