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
2023-1612COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49591 · 1982-092CG · FragmentUSSR—19 Sep 2023—Re-entered2023-1613COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49663 · 1982-092FG · FragmentUSSR—19 Sep 2023—Re-entered2023-1614COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50078 · 1982-092TS · FragmentUSSR—19 Sep 2023—Re-entered2023-1628COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52071 · 1982-092BUZ · FragmentUSSR—22 Sep 2023—Re-entered2023-1638COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49607 · 1982-092CY · FragmentUSSR—26 Sep 2023—Re-entered2023-1655COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52573 · 1982-092BYW · FragmentUSSR—29 Sep 2023—Re-entered2023-1656COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52726 · 1982-092BZJ · FragmentUSSR—29 Sep 2023—Re-entered2023-1657COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52824 · 1982-092CAK · FragmentUSSR—29 Sep 2023—Re-entered2023-1674COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52518 · 1982-092BYD · FragmentUSSR—3 Oct 2023—Re-entered2023-1686COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51430 · 1982-092BKC · FragmentUSSR—5 Oct 2023—Re-entered2023-1742COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50752 · 1982-092ASC · FragmentUSSR—17 Oct 2023—Re-entered2023-1764COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50049 · 1982-092SM · FragmentUSSR—21 Oct 2023—Re-entered2023-1788COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49658 · 1982-092FB · FragmentUSSR—27 Oct 2023—Re-entered2023-1789COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50027 · 1982-092RP · FragmentUSSR—27 Oct 2023—Re-entered2023-1790COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50926 · 1982-092AVV · FragmentUSSR—27 Oct 2023—Re-entered2023-1791COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52514 · 1982-092BXZ · FragmentUSSR—27 Oct 2023—Re-entered2023-1810COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49595 · 1982-092CL · FragmentUSSR—31 Oct 2023—Re-entered2023-1811COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49674 · 1982-092FT · FragmentUSSR—31 Oct 2023—Re-entered2023-1865COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49784 · 1982-092JA · FragmentUSSR—10 Nov 2023—Re-entered2023-1870COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49622 · 1982-092DP · FragmentUSSR—11 Nov 2023—Re-entered
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