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
2023-0993COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49606 · 1982-092CX · FragmentUSSR—4 May 2023—Re-entered2023-0995COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51707 · 1982-092BRY · FragmentUSSR—4 May 2023—Re-entered2023-0996COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51920 · 1982-092BSW · FragmentUSSR—4 May 2023—Re-entered2023-0997COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52809 · 1982-092BZW · FragmentUSSR—4 May 2023—Re-entered2023-0998COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52919 · 1982-092CAQ · FragmentUSSR—4 May 2023—Re-entered2023-1009COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49717 · 1982-092HN · FragmentUSSR—6 May 2023—Re-entered2023-1024COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49602 · 1982-092CT · FragmentUSSR—9 May 2023—Re-entered2023-1025COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50080 · 1982-092TU · FragmentUSSR—9 May 2023—Re-entered2023-1026COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51922 · 1982-092BSY · FragmentUSSR—9 May 2023—Re-entered2023-1050COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50409 · 1982-092ADX · FragmentUSSR—11 May 2023—Re-entered2023-1051COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51566 · 1982-092BMT · FragmentUSSR—11 May 2023—Re-entered2023-1057COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51619 · 1982-092BPY · FragmentUSSR—14 May 2023—Re-entered2023-1079COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51271 · 1982-092BCZ · FragmentUSSR—17 May 2023—Re-entered2023-1105COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50551 · 1982-092AJA · FragmentUSSR—23 May 2023—Re-entered2023-1106COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50605 · 1982-092AKZ · FragmentUSSR—23 May 2023—Re-entered2023-1107COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 53096 · 1982-092CBG · FragmentUSSR—23 May 2023—Re-entered2023-1116COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50686 · 1982-092APJ · FragmentUSSR—25 May 2023—Re-entered2023-1117COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50972 · 1982-092AXT · FragmentUSSR—25 May 2023—Re-entered2023-1142COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49843 · 1982-092LA · FragmentUSSR—31 May 2023—Re-entered2023-1161COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50007 · 1982-092QT · FragmentUSSR—3 Jun 2023—Re-entered
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