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
2023-0132COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49535 · 1982-092Y · FragmentUSSR—24 Jan 2023—Re-entered2023-0137COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50047 · 1982-092SK · FragmentUSSR—25 Jan 2023—Re-entered2023-0138COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50659 · 1982-092ANF · FragmentUSSR—25 Jan 2023—Re-entered2023-0139COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51315 · 1982-092BEH · FragmentUSSR—25 Jan 2023—Re-entered2023-0140COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51407 · 1982-092BJD · FragmentUSSR—25 Jan 2023—Re-entered2023-0156COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49530 · 1982-092T · FragmentUSSR—27 Jan 2023—Re-entered2023-0157COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50301 · 1982-092ZS · FragmentUSSR—27 Jan 2023—Re-entered2023-0158COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50426 · 1982-092AEQ · FragmentUSSR—27 Jan 2023—Re-entered2023-0178COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49557 · 1982-092AW · FragmentUSSR—31 Jan 2023—Re-entered2023-0179COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49605 · 1982-092CW · FragmentUSSR—31 Jan 2023—Re-entered2023-0180COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49885 · 1982-092MU · FragmentUSSR—31 Jan 2023—Re-entered2023-0181COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50244 · 1982-092XH · FragmentUSSR—31 Jan 2023—Re-entered2023-0182COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50588 · 1982-092AKG · FragmentUSSR—31 Jan 2023—Re-entered2023-0183COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50938 · 1982-092AWH · FragmentUSSR—31 Jan 2023—Re-entered2023-0184COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51568 · 1982-092BMV · FragmentUSSR—31 Jan 2023—Re-entered2023-0185COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51599 · 1982-092BPC · FragmentUSSR—31 Jan 2023—Re-entered2023-0203COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51393 · 1982-092BHP · FragmentUSSR—2 Feb 2023—Re-entered2023-0217COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51663 · 1982-092BQC · FragmentUSSR—3 Feb 2023—Re-entered2023-0218COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52206 · 1982-092BVN · FragmentUSSR—3 Feb 2023—Re-entered2023-0219COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52217 · 1982-092BVZ · FragmentUSSR—3 Feb 2023—Re-entered
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