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
2022-2390COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51302 · 1982-092BDU · FragmentUSSR—14 Dec 2022—Re-entered2022-2391COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52925 · 1982-092CAW · FragmentUSSR—14 Dec 2022—Re-entered2022-2399COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52072 · 1982-092BVA · FragmentUSSR—15 Dec 2022—Re-entered2022-2400COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52721 · 1982-092BZD · FragmentUSSR—15 Dec 2022—Re-entered2022-2401COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52928 · 1982-092CAZ · FragmentUSSR—15 Dec 2022—Re-entered2022-2407COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49572 · 1982-092BM · FragmentUSSR—20 Dec 2022—Re-entered2022-2415COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50451 · 1982-092AFR · FragmentUSSR—21 Dec 2022—Re-entered2022-2416COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51932 · 1982-092BTJ · FragmentUSSR—21 Dec 2022—Re-entered2022-2427COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49573 · 1982-092BN · FragmentUSSR—22 Dec 2022—Re-entered2022-2428COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50107 · 1982-092UX · FragmentUSSR—22 Dec 2022—Re-entered2022-2429COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50134 · 1982-092WA · FragmentUSSR—22 Dec 2022—Re-entered2022-2431COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50655 · 1982-092ANB · FragmentUSSR—22 Dec 2022—Re-entered2022-2432COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50691 · 1982-092APP · FragmentUSSR—22 Dec 2022—Re-entered2022-2433COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51570 · 1982-092BMX · FragmentUSSR—22 Dec 2022—Re-entered2022-2434COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51909 · 1982-092BSK · FragmentUSSR—22 Dec 2022—Re-entered2022-2435COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52058 · 1982-092BUL · FragmentUSSR—22 Dec 2022—Re-entered2022-2471COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49566 · 1982-092BF · FragmentUSSR—28 Dec 2022—Re-entered2022-2472COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49571 · 1982-092BL · FragmentUSSR—28 Dec 2022—Re-entered2022-2473COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49897 · 1982-092NG · FragmentUSSR—28 Dec 2022—Re-entered2022-2474COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50095 · 1982-092UK · FragmentUSSR—28 Dec 2022—Re-entered
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