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
2023-0726COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50956 · 1982-092AXB · FragmentUSSR—4 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0728COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51614 · 1982-092BPT · FragmentUSSR—4 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0729COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52213 · 1982-092BVV · FragmentUSSR—4 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0775COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50430 · 1982-092AEU · FragmentUSSR—8 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0776COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50613 · 1982-092ALH · FragmentUSSR—8 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0777COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51400 · 1982-092BHW · FragmentUSSR—8 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0793COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49719 · 1982-092HQ · FragmentUSSR—10 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0794COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50562 · 1982-092AJM · FragmentUSSR—10 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0795COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50687 · 1982-092APK · FragmentUSSR—10 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0797COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50887 · 1982-092AUE · FragmentUSSR—10 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0798COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50908 · 1982-092AVB · FragmentUSSR—10 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0799COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52823 · 1982-092CAJ · FragmentUSSR—10 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0811COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49653 · 1982-092EW · FragmentUSSR—12 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0812COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51427 · 1982-092BJZ · FragmentUSSR—12 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0813COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51544 · 1982-092BLV · FragmentUSSR—12 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0814COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52222 · 1982-092BWE · FragmentUSSR—12 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0833COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50453 · 1982-092AFT · FragmentUSSR—14 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0834COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51576 · 1982-092BND · FragmentUSSR—14 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0842COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49541 · 1982-092AE · FragmentUSSR—15 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0843COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49826 · 1982-092KH · FragmentUSSR—15 Apr 2023—Re-entered
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