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
2013-0261FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30254 · 1999-025XP · FragmentChina—31 Jul 2013—Re-entered2013-0265FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35178 · 1999-025DNJ · FragmentChina—2 Aug 2013—Re-entered2013-0284FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31164 · 1999-025BHS · FragmentChina—29 Aug 2013—Re-entered2013-0286FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35098 · 1999-025DKA · FragmentChina—31 Aug 2013—Re-entered2013-0287FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32446 · 1999-025DBJ · FragmentChina—2 Sep 2013—Re-entered2013-0289FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30188 · 1999-025UV · FragmentChina—4 Sep 2013—Re-entered2013-0294FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30614 · 1999-025AMV · FragmentChina—8 Sep 2013—Re-entered2013-0303FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30410 · 1999-025ADZ · FragmentChina—15 Sep 2013—Re-entered2013-0313FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30006 · 1999-025MF · FragmentChina—22 Sep 2013—Re-entered2013-0326FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35216 · 1999-025DPY · FragmentChina—2 Oct 2013—Re-entered2013-0327FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29984 · 1999-025LJ · FragmentChina—3 Oct 2013—Re-entered2013-0328FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31762 · 1999-025CFM · FragmentChina—4 Oct 2013—Re-entered2013-0331FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30458 · 1999-025AFV · FragmentChina—8 Oct 2013—Re-entered2013-0336FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31006 · 1999-025BCY · FragmentChina—10 Oct 2013—Re-entered2013-0352FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31728 · 1999-025CEB · FragmentChina—22 Oct 2013—Re-entered2013-0363FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30626 · 1999-025ANH · FragmentChina—29 Oct 2013—Re-entered2013-0364FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 38128 · 1999-025EPZ · FragmentChina—29 Oct 2013—Re-entered2013-0369FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36709 · 1999-025EAF · FragmentChina—1 Nov 2013—Re-entered2013-0378FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32328 · 1999-025CXV · FragmentChina—8 Nov 2013—Re-entered2013-0381FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33607 · 1999-025DCQ · FragmentChina—10 Nov 2013—Re-entered
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