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
2013-0398FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33694 · 1999-025DGF · FragmentChina—21 Nov 2013—Re-entered2013-0399FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36722 · 1999-025EAU · FragmentChina—21 Nov 2013—Re-entered2013-0400FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31610 · 1999-025BZQ · FragmentChina—25 Nov 2013—Re-entered2013-0418FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35143 · 1999-025DLX · FragmentChina—3 Dec 2013—Re-entered2013-0419FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36992 · 1999-025EBY · FragmentChina—3 Dec 2013—Re-entered2013-0427FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35206 · 1999-025DPN · FragmentChina—9 Dec 2013—Re-entered2013-0431FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31343 · 1999-025BQX · FragmentChina—13 Dec 2013—Re-entered2013-0433FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31153 · 1999-025BHF · FragmentChina—14 Dec 2013—Re-entered2013-0439FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31748 · 1999-025CEX · FragmentChina—17 Dec 2013—Re-entered2013-0440FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30643 · 1999-025APA · FragmentChina—18 Dec 2013—Re-entered2013-0450FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30034 · 1999-025NK · FragmentChina—24 Dec 2013—Re-entered2013-0451FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32423 · 1999-025DAK · FragmentChina—25 Dec 2013—Re-entered2013-0455FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31689 · 1999-025CCX · FragmentChina—29 Dec 2013—Re-entered2014-0001FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32321 · 1999-025CXN · FragmentChina—2 Jan 2014—Re-entered2014-0003FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30185 · 1999-025US · FragmentChina—4 Jan 2014—Re-entered2014-0008FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33610 · 1999-025DCT · FragmentChina—9 Jan 2014—Re-entered2014-0009FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35106 · 1999-025DKJ · FragmentChina—9 Jan 2014—Re-entered2014-0012FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31039 · 1999-025BEH · FragmentChina—10 Jan 2014—Re-entered2014-0026FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32159 · 1999-025CTD · FragmentChina—18 Jan 2014—Re-entered2014-0041FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31900 · 1999-025CLB · FragmentChina—30 Jan 2014—Re-entered
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