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
2011-0355FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36233 · 1999-025DVJ · FragmentChina—28 Oct 2011—Re-entered2011-0359FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30713 · 1999-025ARX · FragmentChina—30 Oct 2011—Re-entered2011-0366FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31061 · 1999-025BFF · FragmentChina—2 Nov 2011—Re-entered2011-0370FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29826 · 1999-025DU · FragmentChina—4 Nov 2011—Re-entered2011-0371FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31438 · 1999-025BUA · FragmentChina—4 Nov 2011—Re-entered2011-0372FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36215 · 1999-025DUQ · FragmentChina—4 Nov 2011—Re-entered2011-0375FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32215 · 1999-025CVM · FragmentChina—5 Nov 2011—Re-entered2011-0376FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36164 · 1999-025DSM · FragmentChina—6 Nov 2011—Re-entered2011-0382FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30592 · 1999-025ALX · FragmentChina—9 Nov 2011—Re-entered2011-0385FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30424 · 1999-025AEP · FragmentChina—10 Nov 2011—Re-entered2011-0386FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30440 · 1999-025AFB · FragmentChina—10 Nov 2011—Re-entered2011-0389FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29728 · 1999-025S · FragmentChina—11 Nov 2011—Re-entered2011-0391FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29995 · 1999-025LV · FragmentChina—12 Nov 2011—Re-entered2011-0394FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30285 · 1999-025YW · FragmentChina—14 Nov 2011—Re-entered2011-0413FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32365 · 1999-025CZJ · FragmentChina—21 Nov 2011—Re-entered2011-0414FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35184 · 1999-025DNQ · FragmentChina—21 Nov 2011—Re-entered2011-0419FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32091 · 1999-025CQH · FragmentChina—24 Nov 2011—Re-entered2011-0420FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30897 · 1999-025AYK · FragmentChina—25 Nov 2011—Re-entered2011-0427FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30969 · 1999-025BBK · FragmentChina—28 Nov 2011—Re-entered2011-0431FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33702 · 1999-025DGP · FragmentChina—29 Nov 2011—Re-entered
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