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
2012-0302FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33704 · 1999-025DGR · FragmentChina—24 Aug 2012—Re-entered2012-0306FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32348 · 1999-025CYR · FragmentChina—25 Aug 2012—Re-entered2012-0314FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30987 · 1999-025BCD · FragmentChina—3 Sep 2012—Re-entered2012-0323FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29951 · 1999-025JZ · FragmentChina—10 Sep 2012—Re-entered2012-0330FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30083 · 1999-025QL · FragmentChina—20 Sep 2012—Re-entered2012-0338FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30939 · 1999-025BAD · FragmentChina—25 Sep 2012—Re-entered2012-0346FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31283 · 1999-025BNR · FragmentChina—2 Oct 2012—Re-entered2012-0352FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36683 · 1999-025DZD · FragmentChina—4 Oct 2012—Re-entered2012-0355FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31859 · 1999-025CJZ · FragmentChina—10 Oct 2012—Re-entered2012-0371FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33654 · 1999-025DEP · FragmentChina—20 Oct 2012—Re-entered2012-0373FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31034 · 1999-025BEC · FragmentChina—21 Oct 2012—Re-entered2012-0381FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31860 · 1999-025CKA · FragmentChina—26 Oct 2012—Re-entered2012-0382FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31941 · 1999-025CMS · FragmentChina—26 Oct 2012—Re-entered2012-0397FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30869 · 1999-025AXF · FragmentChina—4 Nov 2012—Re-entered2012-0406FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30271 · 1999-025YG · FragmentChina—11 Nov 2012—Re-entered2012-0407FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36171 · 1999-025DSU · FragmentChina—12 Nov 2012—Re-entered2012-0412FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33631 · 1999-025DDQ · FragmentChina—14 Nov 2012—Re-entered2012-0416FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29863 · 1999-025FH · FragmentChina—15 Nov 2012—Re-entered2012-0440FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31970 · 1999-025CNX · FragmentChina—2 Dec 2012—Re-entered2012-0444FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31245 · 1999-025BMB · FragmentChina—5 Dec 2012—Re-entered
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