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
2024-0083COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49892 · 1982-092NB · FragmentUSSR—17 Jan 2024—Re-entered2024-0097COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50010 · 1982-092QW · FragmentUSSR—19 Jan 2024—Re-entered2024-0099COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52825 · 1982-092CAL · FragmentUSSR—19 Jan 2024—Re-entered2024-0109COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 57284 · 1982-092CCE · FragmentUSSR—21 Jan 2024—Re-entered2024-0141COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52822 · 1982-092CAH · FragmentUSSR—28 Jan 2024—Re-entered2024-0150COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50523 · 1982-092AGW · FragmentUSSR—30 Jan 2024—Re-entered2024-0277COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50349 · 1982-092ABK · FragmentUSSR—28 Feb 2024—Re-entered2024-0279COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 57282 · 1982-092CCC · FragmentUSSR—28 Feb 2024—Re-entered2024-0298COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49709 · 1982-092HE · FragmentUSSR—5 Mar 2024—Re-entered2024-0328COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52808 · 1982-092BZV · FragmentUSSR—9 Mar 2024—Re-entered2024-0341COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 57279 · 1982-092CBZ · FragmentUSSR—13 Mar 2024—Re-entered2024-0365COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50619 · 1982-092ALP · FragmentUSSR—21 Mar 2024—Re-entered2024-0370COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52728 · 1982-092BZL · FragmentUSSR—22 Mar 2024—Re-entered2024-0383COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49529 · 1982-092S · FragmentUSSR—27 Mar 2024—Re-entered2024-0406COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49996 · 1982-092QP · FragmentUSSR—28 Mar 2024—Re-entered2024-0407COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50329 · 1982-092AAP · FragmentUSSR—28 Mar 2024—Re-entered2024-0412COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 57270 · 1982-092CBQ · FragmentUSSR—28 Mar 2024—Re-entered2024-0426COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51515 · 1982-092BKQ · FragmentUSSR—30 Mar 2024—Re-entered2024-0440COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 57276 · 1982-092CBW · FragmentUSSR—6 Apr 2024—Re-entered2024-0459COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49844 · 1982-092LB · FragmentUSSR—9 Apr 2024—Re-entered
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