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
2024-1204COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51572 · 1982-092BMZ · FragmentUSSR—15 Aug 2024—Re-entered2024-1537COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50123 · 1982-092VP · FragmentUSSR—27 Sep 2024—Re-entered2024-1579COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50578 · 1982-092AJW · FragmentUSSR—4 Oct 2024—Re-entered2024-1582COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 57272 · 1982-092CBS · FragmentUSSR—4 Oct 2024—Re-entered2024-1622COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50363 · 1982-092ABZ · FragmentUSSR—9 Oct 2024—Re-entered2024-1634COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50730 · 1982-092ARE · FragmentUSSR—10 Oct 2024—Re-entered2024-1655COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51579 · 1982-092BNG · FragmentUSSR—12 Oct 2024—Re-entered2024-1744COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51225 · 1982-092BBB · FragmentUSSR—30 Oct 2024—Re-entered2024-1745COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51582 · 1982-092BNK · FragmentUSSR—30 Oct 2024—Re-entered2024-1832COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 57278 · 1982-092CBY · FragmentUSSR—8 Nov 2024—Re-entered2024-1976COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 57283 · 1982-092CCD · FragmentUSSR—27 Nov 2024—Re-entered2024-2054COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49539 · 1982-092AC · FragmentUSSR—10 Dec 2024—Re-entered2024-2152COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 57271 · 1982-092CBR · FragmentUSSR—21 Dec 2024—Re-entered2025-0135COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49619 · 1982-092DL · FragmentUSSR—14 Jan 2025—Re-entered2025-0333COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50351 · 1982-092ABM · FragmentUSSR—11 Feb 2025—Re-entered2025-0508COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51435 · 1982-092BKH · FragmentUSSR—4 Mar 2025—Re-entered2025-0551COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50689 · 1982-092APM · FragmentUSSR—11 Mar 2025—Re-entered2025-0764COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52066 · 1982-092BUU · FragmentUSSR—10 Apr 2025—Re-entered2025-1045COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51184 · 1982-092AZJ · FragmentUSSR—17 May 2025—Re-entered2025-1092COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49527 · 1982-092Q · FragmentUSSR—27 May 2025—Re-entered
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