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
2012-0242FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32196 · 1999-025CUS · FragmentChina—9 Jul 2012—Re-entered2012-0244FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33672 · 1999-025DFH · FragmentChina—10 Jul 2012—Re-entered2012-0248FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30100 · 1999-025RD · FragmentChina—16 Jul 2012—Re-entered2012-0250FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30853 · 1999-025AWP · FragmentChina—17 Jul 2012—Re-entered2012-0253FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36227 · 1999-025DVC · FragmentChina—18 Jul 2012—Re-entered2012-0256FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33667 · 1999-025DFC · FragmentChina—21 Jul 2012—Re-entered2012-0257FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37601 · 1999-025EKV · FragmentChina—21 Jul 2012—Re-entered2012-0258FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30449 · 1999-025AFL · FragmentChina—22 Jul 2012—Re-entered2012-0260FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33608 · 1999-025DCR · FragmentChina—23 Jul 2012—Re-entered2012-0261FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 38141 · 1999-025EQN · FragmentChina—23 Jul 2012—Re-entered2012-0271FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30219 · 1999-025WC · FragmentChina—31 Jul 2012—Re-entered2012-0273FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30269 · 1999-025YE · FragmentChina—1 Aug 2012—Re-entered2012-0274FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36720 · 1999-025EAS · FragmentChina—1 Aug 2012—Re-entered2012-0276FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30002 · 1999-025MB · FragmentChina—2 Aug 2012—Re-entered2012-0282FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32231 · 1999-025CWD · FragmentChina—9 Aug 2012—Re-entered2012-0286FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33609 · 1999-025DCS · FragmentChina—11 Aug 2012—Re-entered2012-0291FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33615 · 1999-025DCY · FragmentChina—13 Aug 2012—Re-entered2012-0296FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33705 · 1999-025DGS · FragmentChina—18 Aug 2012—Re-entered2012-0297FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32358 · 1999-025CZB · FragmentChina—19 Aug 2012—Re-entered2012-0300FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35179 · 1999-025DNK · FragmentChina—20 Aug 2012—Re-entered
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