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
2013-0071FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35157 · 1999-025DMM · FragmentChina—9 Mar 2013—Re-entered2013-0073FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35132 · 1999-025DLL · FragmentChina—11 Mar 2013—Re-entered2013-0080FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31943 · 1999-025CMU · FragmentChina—17 Mar 2013—Re-entered2013-0081FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37073 · 1999-025EFH · FragmentChina—17 Mar 2013—Re-entered2013-0084FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33732 · 1999-025DHV · FragmentChina—19 Mar 2013—Re-entered2013-0087FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37063 · 1999-025EEX · FragmentChina—20 Mar 2013—Re-entered2013-0092FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33743 · 1999-025DJG · FragmentChina—27 Mar 2013—Re-entered2013-0094FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33634 · 1999-025DDT · FragmentChina—28 Mar 2013—Re-entered2013-0115FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29757 · 1999-025AX · FragmentChina—22 Apr 2013—Re-entered2013-0123FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 38161 · 1999-025ERJ · FragmentChina—27 Apr 2013—Re-entered2013-0129FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35107 · 1999-025DKK · FragmentChina—29 Apr 2013—Re-entered2013-0130FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31045 · 1999-025BEP · FragmentChina—30 Apr 2013—Re-entered2013-0147FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31070 · 1999-025BFQ · FragmentChina—9 May 2013—Re-entered2013-0161FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37709 · 1999-025EMA · FragmentChina—18 May 2013—Re-entered2013-0164FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36728 · 1999-025EBA · FragmentChina—20 May 2013—Re-entered2013-0197FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 38719 · 1999-025ETL · FragmentChina—14 Jun 2013—Re-entered2013-0202FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36282 · 1999-025DXK · FragmentChina—19 Jun 2013—Re-entered2013-0210FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32229 · 1999-025CWB · FragmentChina—24 Jun 2013—Re-entered2013-0214FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29900 · 1999-025GW · FragmentChina—26 Jun 2013—Re-entered2013-0233FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36268 · 1999-025DWV · FragmentChina—8 Jul 2013—Re-entered
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