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
2023-0416COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50309 · 1982-092AAA · FragmentUSSR—28 Feb 2023—Re-entered2023-0417COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50312 · 1982-092AAD · FragmentUSSR—28 Feb 2023—Re-entered2023-0418COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50742 · 1982-092ARS · FragmentUSSR—28 Feb 2023—Re-entered2023-0419COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50973 · 1982-092AXU · FragmentUSSR—28 Feb 2023—Re-entered2023-0420COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51267 · 1982-092BCV · FragmentUSSR—28 Feb 2023—Re-entered2023-0421COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51341 · 1982-092BFK · FragmentUSSR—28 Feb 2023—Re-entered2023-0430COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50632 · 1982-092AMC · FragmentUSSR—1 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0432COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52723 · 1982-092BZF · FragmentUSSR—3 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0438COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51413 · 1982-092BJK · FragmentUSSR—6 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0439COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51670 · 1982-092BQK · FragmentUSSR—6 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0458COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49631 · 1982-092DY · FragmentUSSR—7 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0460COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49910 · 1982-092NV · FragmentUSSR—7 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0461COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49917 · 1982-092PC · FragmentUSSR—7 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0462COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50316 · 1982-092AAH · FragmentUSSR—7 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0463COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50326 · 1982-092AAL · FragmentUSSR—7 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0464COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50389 · 1982-092ADB · FragmentUSSR—7 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0465COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50407 · 1982-092ADV · FragmentUSSR—7 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0466COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50770 · 1982-092ASW · FragmentUSSR—7 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0468COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50983 · 1982-092AYE · FragmentUSSR—7 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0469COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51376 · 1982-092BGW · FragmentUSSR—7 Mar 2023—Re-entered
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