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
2023-0220COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52591 · 1982-092BYY · FragmentUSSR—3 Feb 2023—Re-entered2023-0231COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49863 · 1982-092LW · FragmentUSSR—6 Feb 2023—Re-entered2023-0245COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49587 · 1982-092CC · FragmentUSSR—7 Feb 2023—Re-entered2023-0246COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50538 · 1982-092AHM · FragmentUSSR—7 Feb 2023—Re-entered2023-0247COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50595 · 1982-092AKP · FragmentUSSR—7 Feb 2023—Re-entered2023-0248COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51595 · 1982-092BNY · FragmentUSSR—7 Feb 2023—Re-entered2023-0249COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51667 · 1982-092BQG · FragmentUSSR—7 Feb 2023—Re-entered2023-0250COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52059 · 1982-092BUM · FragmentUSSR—7 Feb 2023—Re-entered2023-0251COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52253 · 1982-092BXM · FragmentUSSR—7 Feb 2023—Re-entered2023-0252COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52590 · 1982-092BYX · FragmentUSSR—7 Feb 2023—Re-entered2023-0264COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52929 · 1982-092CBA · FragmentUSSR—8 Feb 2023—Re-entered2023-0279COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50670 · 1982-092ANS · FragmentUSSR—9 Feb 2023—Re-entered2023-0280COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50923 · 1982-092AVS · FragmentUSSR—9 Feb 2023—Re-entered2023-0281COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51676 · 1982-092BQR · FragmentUSSR—9 Feb 2023—Re-entered2023-0291COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51361 · 1982-092BGF · FragmentUSSR—11 Feb 2023—Re-entered2023-0292COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51523 · 1982-092BKY · FragmentUSSR—11 Feb 2023—Re-entered2023-0293COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52240 · 1982-092BWY · FragmentUSSR—11 Feb 2023—Re-entered2023-0301COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50109 · 1982-092UZ · FragmentUSSR—12 Feb 2023—Re-entered2023-0307COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51367 · 1982-092BGM · FragmentUSSR—13 Feb 2023—Re-entered2023-0308COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52069 · 1982-092BUX · FragmentUSSR—13 Feb 2023—Re-entered
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