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
2023-1162COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50133 · 1982-092VZ · FragmentUSSR—3 Jun 2023—Re-entered2023-1164COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51172 · 1982-092AYW · FragmentUSSR—3 Jun 2023—Re-entered2023-1165COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52246 · 1982-092BXE · FragmentUSSR—3 Jun 2023—Re-entered2023-1185COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50327 · 1982-092AAM · FragmentUSSR—6 Jun 2023—Re-entered2023-1195COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50105 · 1982-092UV · FragmentUSSR—8 Jun 2023—Re-entered2023-1196COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51528 · 1982-092BLD · FragmentUSSR—8 Jun 2023—Re-entered2023-1203COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49787 · 1982-092JD · FragmentUSSR—10 Jun 2023—Re-entered2023-1210COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 57287 · 1982-092CCH · FragmentUSSR—12 Jun 2023—Re-entered2023-1223COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50218 · 1982-092WF · FragmentUSSR—14 Jun 2023—Re-entered2023-1224COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50708 · 1982-092AQG · FragmentUSSR—14 Jun 2023—Re-entered2023-1232COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50456 · 1982-092AFW · FragmentUSSR—15 Jun 2023—Re-entered2023-1233COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52440 · 1982-092BXW · FragmentUSSR—15 Jun 2023—Re-entered2023-1245COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50748 · 1982-092ARY · FragmentUSSR—16 Jun 2023—Re-entered2023-1246COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52722 · 1982-092BZE · FragmentUSSR—16 Jun 2023—Re-entered2023-1254COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50754 · 1982-092ASE · FragmentUSSR—18 Jun 2023—Re-entered2023-1262COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50925 · 1982-092AVU · FragmentUSSR—21 Jun 2023—Re-entered2023-1264COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52815 · 1982-092CAC · FragmentUSSR—22 Jun 2023—Re-entered2023-1277COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51338 · 1982-092BFG · FragmentUSSR—25 Jun 2023—Re-entered2023-1283COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50674 · 1982-092ANW · FragmentUSSR—26 Jun 2023—Re-entered2023-1288COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52436 · 1982-092BXS · FragmentUSSR—27 Jun 2023—Re-entered
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