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
2023-0597COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51424 · 1982-092BJW · FragmentUSSR—20 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0598COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51539 · 1982-092BLQ · FragmentUSSR—20 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0603COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50586 · 1982-092AKE · FragmentUSSR—21 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0612COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49612 · 1982-092DD · FragmentUSSR—22 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0613COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49839 · 1982-092KW · FragmentUSSR—22 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0614COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52064 · 1982-092BUS · FragmentUSSR—22 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0640COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49593 · 1982-092CJ · FragmentUSSR—24 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0642COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50300 · 1982-092ZR · FragmentUSSR—24 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0643COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52062 · 1982-092BUQ · FragmentUSSR—24 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0662COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49554 · 1982-092AT · FragmentUSSR—28 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0663COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49665 · 1982-092FJ · FragmentUSSR—28 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0664COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50101 · 1982-092UR · FragmentUSSR—28 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0665COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50546 · 1982-092AHV · FragmentUSSR—28 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0666COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51325 · 1982-092BET · FragmentUSSR—28 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0667COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52442 · 1982-092BXY · FragmentUSSR—28 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0668COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52806 · 1982-092BZT · FragmentUSSR—28 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0669COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 53095 · 1982-092CBF · FragmentUSSR—28 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0702COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49841 · 1982-092KY · FragmentUSSR—1 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0703COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50395 · 1982-092ADH · FragmentUSSR—1 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0725COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50942 · 1982-092AWM · FragmentUSSR—4 Apr 2023—Re-entered
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