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
2022-2475COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50864 · 1982-092ATF · FragmentUSSR—28 Dec 2022—Re-entered2022-2476COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52220 · 1982-092BWC · FragmentUSSR—28 Dec 2022—Re-entered2022-2477COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52437 · 1982-092BXT · FragmentUSSR—28 Dec 2022—Re-entered2022-2478COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52530 · 1982-092BYR · FragmentUSSR—28 Dec 2022—Re-entered2022-2479COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52592 · 1982-092BYZ · FragmentUSSR—28 Dec 2022—Re-entered2022-2480COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52594 · 1982-092BZB · FragmentUSSR—28 Dec 2022—Re-entered2022-2495COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49873 · 1982-092MG · FragmentUSSR—30 Dec 2022—Re-entered2022-2496COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52236 · 1982-092BWU · FragmentUSSR—30 Dec 2022—Re-entered2023-0007COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50085 · 1982-092TZ · FragmentUSSR—3 Jan 2023—Re-entered2023-0008COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50396 · 1982-092ADJ · FragmentUSSR—3 Jan 2023—Re-entered2023-0025COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49676 · 1982-092FV · FragmentUSSR—4 Jan 2023—Re-entered2023-0026COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50337 · 1982-092AAX · FragmentUSSR—4 Jan 2023—Re-entered2023-0027COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50405 · 1982-092ADT · FragmentUSSR—4 Jan 2023—Re-entered2023-0028COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50746 · 1982-092ARW · FragmentUSSR—4 Jan 2023—Re-entered2023-0029COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51436 · 1982-092BKJ · FragmentUSSR—4 Jan 2023—Re-entered2023-0030COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51561 · 1982-092BMN · FragmentUSSR—4 Jan 2023—Re-entered2023-0031COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52811 · 1982-092BZY · FragmentUSSR—4 Jan 2023—Re-entered2023-0032COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 53097 · 1982-092CBH · FragmentUSSR—4 Jan 2023—Re-entered2023-0037COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50294 · 1982-092ZK · FragmentUSSR—5 Jan 2023—Re-entered2023-0038COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50554 · 1982-092AJD · FragmentUSSR—5 Jan 2023—Re-entered
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