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
2022-0190COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50115 · 1982-092VF · FragmentUSSR—31 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0191COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50524 · 1982-092AGX · FragmentUSSR—31 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0192COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51206 · 1982-092BAG · FragmentUSSR—31 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0193COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51406 · 1982-092BJC · FragmentUSSR—31 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0194COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51415 · 1982-092BJM · FragmentUSSR—31 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0195COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49995 · 1982-092QN · FragmentUSSR—1 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0196COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50410 · 1982-092ADY · FragmentUSSR—1 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0203COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51423 · 1982-092BJV · FragmentUSSR—2 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0206COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49625 · 1982-092DS · FragmentUSSR—3 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0207COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49703 · 1982-092GY · FragmentUSSR—3 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0208COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49852 · 1982-092LK · FragmentUSSR—3 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0209COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49888 · 1982-092MX · FragmentUSSR—3 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0210COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49970 · 1982-092PM · FragmentUSSR—3 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0211COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50064 · 1982-092TC · FragmentUSSR—3 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0212COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50249 · 1982-092XN · FragmentUSSR—3 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0213COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51232 · 1982-092BBJ · FragmentUSSR—3 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0214COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51292 · 1982-092BDJ · FragmentUSSR—3 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0215COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51332 · 1982-092BFA · FragmentUSSR—3 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0216COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51382 · 1982-092BHC · FragmentUSSR—3 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0217COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51408 · 1982-092BJE · FragmentUSSR—3 Feb 2022—Re-entered
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