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
2023-1889COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51231 · 1982-092BBH · FragmentUSSR—17 Nov 2023—Re-entered2023-1922COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52932 · 1982-092CBD · FragmentUSSR—25 Nov 2023—Re-entered2023-1931COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 57277 · 1982-092CBX · FragmentUSSR—27 Nov 2023—Re-entered2023-1946COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49828 · 1982-092KK · FragmentUSSR—29 Nov 2023—Re-entered2023-1972COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52725 · 1982-092BZH · FragmentUSSR—6 Dec 2023—Re-entered2023-1982COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 57275 · 1982-092CBV · FragmentUSSR—7 Dec 2023—Re-entered2023-1993COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49981 · 1982-092PY · FragmentUSSR—8 Dec 2023—Re-entered2023-1994COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51547 · 1982-092BLY · FragmentUSSR—8 Dec 2023—Re-entered2023-1995COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51616 · 1982-092BPV · FragmentUSSR—8 Dec 2023—Re-entered2023-1996COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52208 · 1982-092BVQ · FragmentUSSR—8 Dec 2023—Re-entered2023-1997COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52227 · 1982-092BWK · FragmentUSSR—8 Dec 2023—Re-entered2023-2072COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52814 · 1982-092CAB · FragmentUSSR—28 Dec 2023—Re-entered2023-2076COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 57280 · 1982-092CCA · FragmentUSSR—28 Dec 2023—Re-entered2024-0010COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50669 · 1982-092ANR · FragmentUSSR—3 Jan 2024—Re-entered2024-0011COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51229 · 1982-092BBF · FragmentUSSR—3 Jan 2024—Re-entered2024-0025COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49590 · 1982-092CF · FragmentUSSR—5 Jan 2024—Re-entered2024-0041COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50035 · 1982-092RX · FragmentUSSR—9 Jan 2024—Re-entered2024-0042COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50560 · 1982-092AJK · FragmentUSSR—9 Jan 2024—Re-entered2024-0059COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51562 · 1982-092BMP · FragmentUSSR—12 Jan 2024—Re-entered2024-0068COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50535 · 1982-092AHJ · FragmentUSSR—13 Jan 2024—Re-entered
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