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
2024-0460COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50014 · 1982-092RA · FragmentUSSR—9 Apr 2024—Re-entered2024-0461COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50051 · 1982-092SP · FragmentUSSR—9 Apr 2024—Re-entered2024-0462COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51305 · 1982-092BDX · FragmentUSSR—9 Apr 2024—Re-entered2024-0506COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50937 · 1982-092AWG · FragmentUSSR—17 Apr 2024—Re-entered2024-0522COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49708 · 1982-092HD · FragmentUSSR—18 Apr 2024—Re-entered2024-0660COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50069 · 1982-092TH · FragmentUSSR—10 May 2024—Re-entered2024-0725COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52921 · 1982-092CAS · FragmentUSSR—20 May 2024—Re-entered2024-0771COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 57274 · 1982-092CBU · FragmentUSSR—28 May 2024—Re-entered2024-0826COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51322 · 1982-092BEQ · FragmentUSSR—8 Jun 2024—Re-entered2024-0868COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50020 · 1982-092RG · FragmentUSSR—15 Jun 2024—Re-entered2024-0892COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 57273 · 1982-092CBT · FragmentUSSR—19 Jun 2024—Re-entered2024-0925COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52517 · 1982-092BYC · FragmentUSSR—26 Jun 2024—Re-entered2024-0959COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 57285 · 1982-092CCF · FragmentUSSR—30 Jun 2024—Re-entered2024-0979COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50284 · 1982-092YZ · FragmentUSSR—6 Jul 2024—Re-entered2024-1033COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49789 · 1982-092JF · FragmentUSSR—20 Jul 2024—Re-entered2024-1044COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49840 · 1982-092KX · FragmentUSSR—22 Jul 2024—Re-entered2024-1052COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 57281 · 1982-092CCB · FragmentUSSR—23 Jul 2024—Re-entered2024-1081COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50967 · 1982-092AXN · FragmentUSSR—27 Jul 2024—Re-entered2024-1089COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49604 · 1982-092CV · FragmentUSSR—28 Jul 2024—Re-entered2024-1093COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52067 · 1982-092BUV · FragmentUSSR—29 Jul 2024—Re-entered
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