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
2023-0325COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50311 · 1982-092AAC · FragmentUSSR—15 Feb 2023—Re-entered2023-0326COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50443 · 1982-092AFH · FragmentUSSR—15 Feb 2023—Re-entered2023-0327COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50885 · 1982-092AUC · FragmentUSSR—15 Feb 2023—Re-entered2023-0328COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51349 · 1982-092BFT · FragmentUSSR—15 Feb 2023—Re-entered2023-0337COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49568 · 1982-092BH · FragmentUSSR—16 Feb 2023—Re-entered2023-0338COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50098 · 1982-092UN · FragmentUSSR—16 Feb 2023—Re-entered2023-0339COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50904 · 1982-092AUX · FragmentUSSR—16 Feb 2023—Re-entered2023-0349COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50077 · 1982-092TR · FragmentUSSR—18 Feb 2023—Re-entered2023-0350COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51917 · 1982-092BST · FragmentUSSR—18 Feb 2023—Re-entered2023-0351COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52231 · 1982-092BWP · FragmentUSSR—18 Feb 2023—Re-entered2023-0353COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50540 · 1982-092AHP · FragmentUSSR—19 Feb 2023—Re-entered2023-0370COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52244 · 1982-092BXC · FragmentUSSR—23 Feb 2023—Re-entered2023-0371COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 53953 · 1982-092CBN · FragmentUSSR—23 Feb 2023—Re-entered2023-0388COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51375 · 1982-092BGV · FragmentUSSR—24 Feb 2023—Re-entered2023-0389COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51564 · 1982-092BMR · FragmentUSSR—24 Feb 2023—Re-entered2023-0390COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51600 · 1982-092BPD · FragmentUSSR—24 Feb 2023—Re-entered2023-0392COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52918 · 1982-092CAP · FragmentUSSR—25 Feb 2023—Re-entered2023-0397COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50219 · 1982-092WG · FragmentUSSR—27 Feb 2023—Re-entered2023-0398COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50417 · 1982-092AEF · FragmentUSSR—27 Feb 2023—Re-entered2023-0415COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49825 · 1982-092KG · FragmentUSSR—28 Feb 2023—Re-entered
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