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
2022-2331COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50361 · 1982-092ABX · FragmentUSSR—29 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2332COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50623 · 1982-092ALT · FragmentUSSR—29 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2333COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50715 · 1982-092AQP · FragmentUSSR—29 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2334COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50935 · 1982-092AWE · FragmentUSSR—29 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2335COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51289 · 1982-092BDF · FragmentUSSR—29 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2336COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52223 · 1982-092BWF · FragmentUSSR—29 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2346COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49561 · 1982-092BA · FragmentUSSR—2 Dec 2022—Re-entered2022-2347COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51198 · 1982-092AZY · FragmentUSSR—2 Dec 2022—Re-entered2022-2348COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51687 · 1982-092BRC · FragmentUSSR—2 Dec 2022—Re-entered2022-2349COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52232 · 1982-092BWQ · FragmentUSSR—2 Dec 2022—Re-entered2022-2350COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52531 · 1982-092BYS · FragmentUSSR—2 Dec 2022—Re-entered2022-2356COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49638 · 1982-092EF · FragmentUSSR—4 Dec 2022—Re-entered2022-2360COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50734 · 1982-092ARJ · FragmentUSSR—5 Dec 2022—Re-entered2022-2361COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50927 · 1982-092AVW · FragmentUSSR—5 Dec 2022—Re-entered2022-2365COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49531 · 1982-092U · FragmentUSSR—7 Dec 2022—Re-entered2022-2366COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49627 · 1982-092DU · FragmentUSSR—7 Dec 2022—Re-entered2022-2386COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50039 · 1982-092SB · FragmentUSSR—14 Dec 2022—Re-entered2022-2387COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50676 · 1982-092ANY · FragmentUSSR—14 Dec 2022—Re-entered2022-2388COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50928 · 1982-092AVX · FragmentUSSR—14 Dec 2022—Re-entered2022-2389COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50970 · 1982-092AXR · FragmentUSSR—14 Dec 2022—Re-entered
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