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
2023-1296COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50921 · 1982-092AVQ · FragmentUSSR—29 Jun 2023—Re-entered2023-1307COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49562 · 1982-092BB · FragmentUSSR—2 Jul 2023—Re-entered2023-1313COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50125 · 1982-092VR · FragmentUSSR—4 Jul 2023—Re-entered2023-1314COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52060 · 1982-092BUN · FragmentUSSR—4 Jul 2023—Re-entered2023-1327COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52924 · 1982-092CAV · FragmentUSSR—7 Jul 2023—Re-entered2023-1342COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49886 · 1982-092MV · FragmentUSSR—11 Jul 2023—Re-entered2023-1343COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49907 · 1982-092NS · FragmentUSSR—11 Jul 2023—Re-entered2023-1357COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50215 · 1982-092WC · FragmentUSSR—15 Jul 2023—Re-entered2023-1369COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49624 · 1982-092DR · FragmentUSSR—18 Jul 2023—Re-entered2023-1370COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49682 · 1982-092GB · FragmentUSSR—18 Jul 2023—Re-entered2023-1371COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50237 · 1982-092XA · FragmentUSSR—18 Jul 2023—Re-entered2023-1373COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51215 · 1982-092BAR · FragmentUSSR—18 Jul 2023—Re-entered2023-1374COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52068 · 1982-092BUW · FragmentUSSR—18 Jul 2023—Re-entered2023-1379COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49909 · 1982-092NU · FragmentUSSR—20 Jul 2023—Re-entered2023-1384COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49642 · 1982-092EK · FragmentUSSR—22 Jul 2023—Re-entered2023-1385COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49681 · 1982-092GA · FragmentUSSR—22 Jul 2023—Re-entered2023-1387COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52242 · 1982-092BXA · FragmentUSSR—22 Jul 2023—Re-entered2023-1388COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52571 · 1982-092BYU · FragmentUSSR—22 Jul 2023—Re-entered2023-1399COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49528 · 1982-092R · FragmentUSSR—25 Jul 2023—Re-entered2023-1400COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50602 · 1982-092AKW · FragmentUSSR—25 Jul 2023—Re-entered
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