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
2023-0039COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52816 · 1982-092CAD · FragmentUSSR—5 Jan 2023—Re-entered2023-0061COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49889 · 1982-092MY · FragmentUSSR—10 Jan 2023—Re-entered2023-0062COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50314 · 1982-092AAF · FragmentUSSR—10 Jan 2023—Re-entered2023-0063COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50733 · 1982-092ARH · FragmentUSSR—10 Jan 2023—Re-entered2023-0069COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50239 · 1982-092XC · FragmentUSSR—11 Jan 2023—Re-entered2023-0070COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50444 · 1982-092AFJ · FragmentUSSR—11 Jan 2023—Re-entered2023-0071COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51366 · 1982-092BGL · FragmentUSSR—11 Jan 2023—Re-entered2023-0078COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50256 · 1982-092XV · FragmentUSSR—13 Jan 2023—Re-entered2023-0083COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50251 · 1982-092XQ · FragmentUSSR—14 Jan 2023—Re-entered2023-0084COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50871 · 1982-092ATN · FragmentUSSR—14 Jan 2023—Re-entered2023-0085COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50889 · 1982-092AUG · FragmentUSSR—14 Jan 2023—Re-entered2023-0087COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51605 · 1982-092BPJ · FragmentUSSR—14 Jan 2023—Re-entered2023-0094COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50677 · 1982-092ANZ · FragmentUSSR—15 Jan 2023—Re-entered2023-0101COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49898 · 1982-092NH · FragmentUSSR—16 Jan 2023—Re-entered2023-0109COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50903 · 1982-092AUW · FragmentUSSR—18 Jan 2023—Re-entered2023-0113COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50580 · 1982-092AJY · FragmentUSSR—19 Jan 2023—Re-entered2023-0114COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50744 · 1982-092ARU · FragmentUSSR—19 Jan 2023—Re-entered2023-0119COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49899 · 1982-092NJ · FragmentUSSR—20 Jan 2023—Re-entered2023-0126COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49553 · 1982-092AS · FragmentUSSR—21 Jan 2023—Re-entered2023-0129COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49694 · 1982-092GP · FragmentUSSR—22 Jan 2023—Re-entered
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