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
2023-1410COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49609 · 1982-092DA · FragmentUSSR—26 Jul 2023—Re-entered2023-1419COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50755 · 1982-092ASF · FragmentUSSR—28 Jul 2023—Re-entered2023-1420COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52243 · 1982-092BXB · FragmentUSSR—28 Jul 2023—Re-entered2023-1424COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49524 · 1982-092M · FragmentUSSR—30 Jul 2023—Re-entered2023-1430COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49628 · 1982-092DV · FragmentUSSR—1 Aug 2023—Re-entered2023-1432COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50131 · 1982-092VX · FragmentUSSR—1 Aug 2023—Re-entered2023-1433COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51221 · 1982-092BAX · FragmentUSSR—1 Aug 2023—Re-entered2023-1444COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49915 · 1982-092PA · FragmentUSSR—3 Aug 2023—Re-entered2023-1462COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50283 · 1982-092YY · FragmentUSSR—8 Aug 2023—Re-entered2023-1467COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50727 · 1982-092ARB · FragmentUSSR—9 Aug 2023—Re-entered2023-1472COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51913 · 1982-092BSP · FragmentUSSR—10 Aug 2023—Re-entered2023-1484COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52215 · 1982-092BVX · FragmentUSSR—14 Aug 2023—Re-entered2023-1498COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50023 · 1982-092RK · FragmentUSSR—18 Aug 2023—Re-entered2023-1509COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49675 · 1982-092FU · FragmentUSSR—22 Aug 2023—Re-entered2023-1510COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50012 · 1982-092QY · FragmentUSSR—22 Aug 2023—Re-entered2023-1535COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49657 · 1982-092FA · FragmentUSSR—29 Aug 2023—Re-entered2023-1575COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50650 · 1982-092AMW · FragmentUSSR—8 Sep 2023—Re-entered2023-1584COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50045 · 1982-092SH · FragmentUSSR—12 Sep 2023—Re-entered2023-1585COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50457 · 1982-092AFX · FragmentUSSR—12 Sep 2023—Re-entered2023-1599COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52049 · 1982-092BUB · FragmentUSSR—15 Sep 2023—Re-entered
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