Break-up record
Fengyun-1C
Fengyun-1C was a Chinese weather satellite launched in 1999. On 11 January 2007 it was destroyed by a Chinese anti-satellite missile test, creating one of the largest debris clouds on record. 1,218 of its fragments are now entered in the Orbital Register.
1,218
Fragments on record
11 Jan 2007
Break-up
12 Nov 2016
Half down by
2 Sep 2026
Latest to come down
2,003
Still in orbit
Fragments coming down, month by month
Bars: per month · line: share of the cloud downFragments re-entered that monthShare of all 1,218 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
2007-0030FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29716 · 1999-025E · FragmentChina—6 Feb 2007—Re-entered2007-0047FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29717 · 1999-025F · FragmentChina—23 Mar 2007—Re-entered2007-0050FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30456 · 1999-025AFT · FragmentChina—30 Mar 2007—Re-entered2007-0051FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30767 · 1999-025AUD · FragmentChina—2 Apr 2007—Re-entered2007-0052FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30615 · 1999-025AMW · FragmentChina—5 Apr 2007—Re-entered2007-0057FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29718 · 1999-025G · FragmentChina—15 Apr 2007—Re-entered2007-0066FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30620 · 1999-025ANB · FragmentChina—28 Apr 2007—Re-entered2007-0069FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29720 · 1999-025J · FragmentChina—3 May 2007—Re-entered2007-0073FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31184 · 1999-025BJN · FragmentChina—7 May 2007—Re-entered2007-0077FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31489 · 1999-025BWD · FragmentChina—23 May 2007—Re-entered2007-0078FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29864 · 1999-025FJ · FragmentChina—25 May 2007—Re-entered2007-0082FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31454 · 1999-025BUS · FragmentChina—31 May 2007—Re-entered2007-0104FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30176 · 1999-025UH · FragmentChina—8 Jul 2007—Re-entered2007-0112FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29719 · 1999-025H · FragmentChina—30 Jul 2007—Re-entered2007-0125FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30559 · 1999-025AKZ · FragmentChina—10 Aug 2007—Re-entered2007-0126FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30618 · 1999-025AMZ · FragmentChina—10 Aug 2007—Re-entered2007-0141FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31889 · 1999-025CKQ · FragmentChina—31 Aug 2007—Re-entered2007-0144FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30825 · 1999-025AVK · FragmentChina—7 Sep 2007—Re-entered2007-0145FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31050 · 1999-025BEU · FragmentChina—12 Sep 2007—Re-entered2007-0146FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29742 · 1999-025AG · FragmentChina—24 Sep 2007—Re-entered
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