Interceptor | Date of Test | Target Object | Country | Object Hit | Total Pieces of Cataloged Debris* Created | Total Pieces Cataloged Debris Re-entered | Amount of Debris Still on Orbit | Date of Final Piece Re-entry | Lifespan of Debris years on orbit or to date) | Notes | | Source |
Polyot 1 | 1/11/63 | None | Russia | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | • Engine and maneuvering test | | http://astronautix.com/i/is-a.html |
Polyot 2 | 12/4/64 | None | Russia | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | • Engine and maneuvering test | | http://astronautix.com/i/is-a.html |
Cosmos 185 (IS) | 10/27/1967 | None | Russia | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | • First test launch of IS interceptor | | http://astronautix.com/i/is-a.html |
Cosmos 249, Cosmos 252 (IS) | 10/20/1968 | Cosmos 248 | Russia | Yes | 252 | 173 | 79 | Still On Orbit | 52.75 | • Attacked twice: Cosmos 249 on Oct 20 and Cosmos 252 on Nov 1 | | http://astronautix.com/i/is-a.html |
Cosmos 374, Cosmos 375(IS) | 10/23/1970 | Cosmos 373 | Russia | Yes | 147 | 112 | 35 | Still On Orbit | 50.74 | • Attacked twice: Cosmos 374 on Oct 23 and Cosmos 375 on Oct 30 | | http://astronautix.com/i/is-a.html |
Cosmos 397 (IS) | 2/25/1971 | Cosmos 394 | Russia | Yes | 117 | 72 | 45 | Still On Orbit | 50.39 | • Successful ASAT test | | http://astronautix.com/i/is-a.html |
Cosmos 404 (IS) | 3/18/1971 | Cosmos 400 | Russia | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | • Longer test flight with new approach from above to intercept target | | http://astronautix.com/i/is-a.html |
Cosmos 462 (IS) | 3/12/71 | Cosmos 459 | Russia | Yes | 28 | 28 | 0 | 4/4/75 | 3.34 | • Successful, created least amount of debris | | http://astronautix.com/i/is-a.html |
Cosmos 804, Cosmos 814 (IS) | 2/16/1976 | Cosmos 803 | Russia | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | • Attacked twice: Cosmos 803 on Feb 12 and Cosmos 804 on Feb 16 | | http://astronautix.com/i/is-a.html |
Cosmos 843 (IS) | 9/7/76 | Cosmos 839 | Russia | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | | Intercepted satellite but possible failure | http://astronautix.com/i/is-a.html |
| | | | | | | | | | | De-orbited post launch | |
Cosmos 886 (IS) | 12/17/1976 | Cosmos 880 | Russia | Yes | 127 | 69 | 58 | Still On Orbit | 44.58 | • Intercepted target and successfully destroyed | | http://astronautix.com/i/is-a.html |
Cosmos 910, Cosmos 918 (IS) | 5/23/1977 | Cosmos 909 | Russia | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | • Attacked twice: Cosmos 910 on May 23 and Cosmos 918 on Jun 17 (both failures) | | http://astronautix.com/i/is-a.html |
Cosmos 961 (IS) | 10/26/1977 | Cosmos 959 | Russia | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | | Successful ASAT test | http://astronautix.com/i/is-a.html |
| | | | | | | | | | | Interceptor de-orbited after using on-board enginer | |
Cosmos 970 (IS) | 12/21/1977 | Cosmos 967 | Russia | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | • Missed target, used as target itself in following test | | http://astronautix.com/i/is-a.html |
Cosmos 1009 (IS) | 5/19/1978 | Cosmos 970 | Russia | Yes | 71 | 7 | 64 | Still On Orbit | 43.16 | | Successful ASAT test | http://astronautix.com/i/is-a.html |
| | | | | | | | | | | Interceptor self destructed after | |
Cosmos 1174 (IS) | 4/18/1980 | Cosmos 1171 | Russia | Yes | 47 | 43 | 4 | Still On Orbit | 41.24 | | Failed ASAT test, interceptor missed target twice | http://astronautix.com/i/is-a.html |
| | | | | | | | | | | Satellite self-destructed causing debris | |
Cosmos 1243, Cosmos 1258 (IS) | 2/2/81 | Cosmos 1241 | Russia | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | • Attacked twice: Cosmos 1243 on Feb 2 and Cosmos 1258 on Mar 14 (both failures) | | http://astronautix.com/i/is-a.html |
Cosmos 1379 (IS-P) | 6/18/1982 | Cosmos 1375 | Russia | Yes | 62 | 4 | 58 | Still On Orbit | 39.08 | • Possibly successful ASAT test, deorbited using on-board enginer | | http://astronautix.com/i/is-a.html |
Naryad-V | 11/20/90 | None | Russia | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | • Suborbital test of the rocket and Briz upper stage | | “Naryad-V and the Soviet Anti-Satellite Fleet” - HENDRICKX http://www.russianspaceweb.com/naryad.html |
Naryad-V | 12/20/91 | None | Russia | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | • Suborbital test of the rocket and Briz upper stage | | “Naryad-V and the Soviet Anti-Satellite Fleet” - HENDRICKX http://www.russianspaceweb.com/naryad.html |
Naryad-V | 12/26/94 | None | Russia | – | 27 | 3 | 24 | Still On Orbit | 26.55 | | Potential stealth test, covered by launch of Radio-ROSTO | “Naryad-V and the Soviet Anti-Satellite Fleet” - HENDRICKX http://www.russianspaceweb.com/naryad.html |
| | | | | | | | | | | Nayrad-V exploded in orbit | https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/radio-rosto.htm |
Cosmos 2521 | Aug-Oct 2017 | None | Russia | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | | | Cosmos 2523 separated from 2521 at relatively high speed | https://swfound.org/counterspace/ |
| | | | | | | | | | | Characterized by the US government as a potential weapons test | http://www.astronautix.com/s/soyuz-2-1v.html |
| | | | | | | | | | • May be part of Burevestnik co-orbital ASAT program or the Nivelir satellite inspection program | | https://www.thespacereview.com/article/3931/1 |
Cosmos 2536 | September 2019 | Cosmos 2535 | Russia | Yes | 27 | 13 | 14 | Still On Orbit | 0.93 | | Cosmos 2535 intially deployed from Cosmos 2521 but immediately changed orbits away from Cosmos 2535 | https://swfound.org/counterspace/ |
| | | | | | | | | | | Cosmos 2535 and Cosmos 2536 conducted at least 25 individual RPO operations to within 2 km and as far apart as 380 km. | https://www.thespacereview.com/article/3931/1 |
| | | | | | | | | | • High speed passes, created debris — possible ASAT or mistake | | |
Cosmos 2543 | 7/15/2020 | None | Russia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | | | Cosmos Object 45915 separated from 2543 at relatively high speed | http://www.russianspaceweb.com/cosmos-2542.html |
| | | | | | | | | | | Characterized by the US government as a potential weapons test | https://planet4589.org/space/plots//niv/index.html |
| | | | | | | | | | • May be part of Burevestnik co-orbital ASAT program or the Nivelir satellite inspection program | | |
Delta 180 Payload Adapter System | 5/9/86 | Delta 2 R/B | USA | Yes | 16 | 16 | 0 | 10/31/1986 | 0.15 | • Sucessful intercept of thrusting object in 220-km circular orbit | | https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjruqnx8J3qAhWRjp4KHaXkC1UQFjAAegQIBRAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jhuapl.edu%2FContent%2Ftechdigest%2Fpdf%2FV11-N1-2%2F11-01-Dassoulas.pdf&usg=AOvVaw2tndnwUOIsZRaB4BsNxOSr |
| | | | | | | | | | | | https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/vse.htm |