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
2012-0167FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30457 · 1999-025AFU · FragmentChina—7 May 2012—Re-entered2012-0170FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33742 · 1999-025DJF · FragmentChina—11 May 2012—Re-entered2012-0171FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29910 · 1999-025HG · FragmentChina—12 May 2012—Re-entered2012-0174FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32463 · 1999-025DCB · FragmentChina—14 May 2012—Re-entered2012-0177FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35182 · 1999-025DNN · FragmentChina—15 May 2012—Re-entered2012-0188FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35198 · 1999-025DPE · FragmentChina—29 May 2012—Re-entered2012-0192FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36176 · 1999-025DSZ · FragmentChina—29 May 2012—Re-entered2012-0207FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32367 · 1999-025CZL · FragmentChina—14 Jun 2012—Re-entered2012-0211FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37000 · 1999-025ECG · FragmentChina—14 Jun 2012—Re-entered2012-0212FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32145 · 1999-025CSP · FragmentChina—16 Jun 2012—Re-entered2012-0214FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32335 · 1999-025CYC · FragmentChina—18 Jun 2012—Re-entered2012-0221FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36277 · 1999-025DXE · FragmentChina—19 Jun 2012—Re-entered2012-0222FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32341 · 1999-025CYJ · FragmentChina—20 Jun 2012—Re-entered2012-0224FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36193 · 1999-025DTS · FragmentChina—20 Jun 2012—Re-entered2012-0227FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31907 · 1999-025CLJ · FragmentChina—22 Jun 2012—Re-entered2012-0229FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35103 · 1999-025DKF · FragmentChina—23 Jun 2012—Re-entered2012-0233FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37071 · 1999-025EFF · FragmentChina—1 Jul 2012—Re-entered2012-0235FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31713 · 1999-025CDL · FragmentChina—3 Jul 2012—Re-entered2012-0236FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31059 · 1999-025BFD · FragmentChina—5 Jul 2012—Re-entered2012-0237FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31470 · 1999-025BVJ · FragmentChina—6 Jul 2012—Re-entered
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