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
2012-0447FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30818 · 1999-025AVC · FragmentChina—9 Dec 2012—Re-entered2012-0455FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30029 · 1999-025NE · FragmentChina—17 Dec 2012—Re-entered2012-0458FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31200 · 1999-025BKE · FragmentChina—18 Dec 2012—Re-entered2012-0460FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35149 · 1999-025DMD · FragmentChina—19 Dec 2012—Re-entered2012-0462FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31909 · 1999-025CLL · FragmentChina—20 Dec 2012—Re-entered2012-0465FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33685 · 1999-025DFW · FragmentChina—22 Dec 2012—Re-entered2012-0470FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30042 · 1999-025NT · FragmentChina—27 Dec 2012—Re-entered2012-0472FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32121 · 1999-025CRP · FragmentChina—29 Dec 2012—Re-entered2012-0475FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29744 · 1999-025AJ · FragmentChina—31 Dec 2012—Re-entered2013-0028FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36256 · 1999-025DWH · FragmentChina—23 Jan 2013—Re-entered2013-0029FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29824 · 1999-025DS · FragmentChina—24 Jan 2013—Re-entered2013-0035FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30084 · 1999-025QM · FragmentChina—4 Feb 2013—Re-entered2013-0042FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36213 · 1999-025DUN · FragmentChina—14 Feb 2013—Re-entered2013-0045FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36220 · 1999-025DUV · FragmentChina—15 Feb 2013—Re-entered2013-0047FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29761 · 1999-025BB · FragmentChina—17 Feb 2013—Re-entered2013-0050FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32140 · 1999-025CSJ · FragmentChina—19 Feb 2013—Re-entered2013-0062FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 38117 · 1999-025EPN · FragmentChina—4 Mar 2013—Re-entered2013-0065FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36210 · 1999-025DUK · FragmentChina—5 Mar 2013—Re-entered2013-0066FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31730 · 1999-025CED · FragmentChina—6 Mar 2013—Re-entered2013-0070FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31749 · 1999-025CEY · FragmentChina—9 Mar 2013—Re-entered
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