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
2011-0445FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31884 · 1999-025CKK · FragmentChina—3 Dec 2011—Re-entered2011-0447FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35158 · 1999-025DMN · FragmentChina—3 Dec 2011—Re-entered2011-0448FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36276 · 1999-025DXD · FragmentChina—3 Dec 2011—Re-entered2011-0450FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30220 · 1999-025WD · FragmentChina—4 Dec 2011—Re-entered2011-0451FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33695 · 1999-025DGG · FragmentChina—4 Dec 2011—Re-entered2011-0458FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30598 · 1999-025AMD · FragmentChina—7 Dec 2011—Re-entered2011-0466FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36708 · 1999-025EAE · FragmentChina—10 Dec 2011—Re-entered2011-0467FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37711 · 1999-025EMC · FragmentChina—10 Dec 2011—Re-entered2011-0478FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29764 · 1999-025BE · FragmentChina—15 Dec 2011—Re-entered2011-0484FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33602 · 1999-025DCK · FragmentChina—17 Dec 2011—Re-entered2011-0485FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37023 · 1999-025EDF · FragmentChina—17 Dec 2011—Re-entered2011-0490FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30824 · 1999-025AVJ · FragmentChina—22 Dec 2011—Re-entered2011-0498FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30890 · 1999-025AYC · FragmentChina—28 Dec 2011—Re-entered2011-0501FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31967 · 1999-025CNU · FragmentChina—30 Dec 2011—Re-entered2012-0002FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30166 · 1999-025TX · FragmentChina—1 Jan 2012—Re-entered2012-0003FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33696 · 1999-025DGH · FragmentChina—1 Jan 2012—Re-entered2012-0011FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31375 · 1999-025BSF · FragmentChina—6 Jan 2012—Re-entered2012-0018FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30203 · 1999-025VL · FragmentChina—9 Jan 2012—Re-entered2012-0019FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30268 · 1999-025YD · FragmentChina—14 Jan 2012—Re-entered2012-0020FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32465 · 1999-025DCD · FragmentChina—15 Jan 2012—Re-entered
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