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
2012-0026FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30769 · 1999-025AUF · FragmentChina—18 Jan 2012—Re-entered2012-0027FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33725 · 1999-025DHN · FragmentChina—18 Jan 2012—Re-entered2012-0031FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35133 · 1999-025DLM · FragmentChina—20 Jan 2012—Re-entered2012-0032FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31846 · 1999-025CJL · FragmentChina—21 Jan 2012—Re-entered2012-0033FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30184 · 1999-025UR · FragmentChina—23 Jan 2012—Re-entered2012-0038FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32100 · 1999-025CQS · FragmentChina—25 Jan 2012—Re-entered2012-0042FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30881 · 1999-025AXT · FragmentChina—27 Jan 2012—Re-entered2012-0047FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30681 · 1999-025AQP · FragmentChina—1 Feb 2012—Re-entered2012-0049FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29732 · 1999-025W · FragmentChina—2 Feb 2012—Re-entered2012-0050FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30729 · 1999-025ASP · FragmentChina—2 Feb 2012—Re-entered2012-0054FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30502 · 1999-025AHQ · FragmentChina—8 Feb 2012—Re-entered2012-0058FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31004 · 1999-025BCW · FragmentChina—12 Feb 2012—Re-entered2012-0059FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36998 · 1999-025ECE · FragmentChina—12 Feb 2012—Re-entered2012-0065FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37072 · 1999-025EFG · FragmentChina—19 Feb 2012—Re-entered2012-0070FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30337 · 1999-025AAY · FragmentChina—26 Feb 2012—Re-entered2012-0071FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36208 · 1999-025DUH · FragmentChina—26 Feb 2012—Re-entered2012-0072FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36221 · 1999-025DUW · FragmentChina—26 Feb 2012—Re-entered2012-0076FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31641 · 1999-025CAX · FragmentChina—29 Feb 2012—Re-entered2012-0077FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35166 · 1999-025DMW · FragmentChina—29 Feb 2012—Re-entered2012-0086FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33659 · 1999-025DEU · FragmentChina—4 Mar 2012—Re-entered
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