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
2023-0844COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49853 · 1982-092LL · FragmentUSSR—15 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0845COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51167 · 1982-092AYR · FragmentUSSR—15 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0846COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 53094 · 1982-092CBE · FragmentUSSR—15 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0864COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49662 · 1982-092FF · FragmentUSSR—19 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0866COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50044 · 1982-092SG · FragmentUSSR—19 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0867COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51309 · 1982-092BEB · FragmentUSSR—19 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0868COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51389 · 1982-092BHK · FragmentUSSR—19 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0869COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51548 · 1982-092BLZ · FragmentUSSR—19 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0871COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52441 · 1982-092BXX · FragmentUSSR—19 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0893COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49851 · 1982-092LJ · FragmentUSSR—21 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0894COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50358 · 1982-092ABU · FragmentUSSR—21 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0895COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50979 · 1982-092AYA · FragmentUSSR—21 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0921COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49704 · 1982-092GZ · FragmentUSSR—25 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0922COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50234 · 1982-092WX · FragmentUSSR—25 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0955COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49982 · 1982-092PZ · FragmentUSSR—27 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0956COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51355 · 1982-092BFZ · FragmentUSSR—27 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0957COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51620 · 1982-092BPZ · FragmentUSSR—27 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0960COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 53585 · 1982-092CBL · FragmentUSSR—28 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0965COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52054 · 1982-092BUG · FragmentUSSR—29 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0975COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51532 · 1982-092BLH · FragmentUSSR—2 May 2023—Re-entered
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