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
2022-0162COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49641 · 1982-092EJ · FragmentUSSR—28 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0163COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49799 · 1982-092JR · FragmentUSSR—28 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0164COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50639 · 1982-092AMK · FragmentUSSR—28 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0165COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50981 · 1982-092AYC · FragmentUSSR—28 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0172COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49575 · 1982-092BQ · FragmentUSSR—29 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0173COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49580 · 1982-092BV · FragmentUSSR—29 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0174COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49782 · 1982-092HY · FragmentUSSR—29 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0175COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51178 · 1982-092AZC · FragmentUSSR—29 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0176COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51343 · 1982-092BFM · FragmentUSSR—29 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0177COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49517 · 1982-092E · FragmentUSSR—30 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0178COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49651 · 1982-092EU · FragmentUSSR—30 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0179COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49988 · 1982-092QF · FragmentUSSR—30 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0180COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50231 · 1982-092WU · FragmentUSSR—30 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0181COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50701 · 1982-092APZ · FragmentUSSR—30 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0182COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50878 · 1982-092ATV · FragmentUSSR—30 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0183COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51318 · 1982-092BEL · FragmentUSSR—30 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0184COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51323 · 1982-092BER · FragmentUSSR—30 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0187COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49559 · 1982-092AY · FragmentUSSR—31 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0188COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49583 · 1982-092BY · FragmentUSSR—31 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0189COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50090 · 1982-092UE · FragmentUSSR—31 Jan 2022—Re-entered
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