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
2014-0046FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32439 · 1999-025DBB · FragmentChina—4 Feb 2014—Re-entered2014-0047FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36251 · 1999-025DWC · FragmentChina—4 Feb 2014—Re-entered2014-0049FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30488 · 1999-025AHA · FragmentChina—6 Feb 2014—Re-entered2014-0055FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36212 · 1999-025DUM · FragmentChina—10 Feb 2014—Re-entered2014-0058FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30407 · 1999-025ADW · FragmentChina—12 Feb 2014—Re-entered2014-0062FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31052 · 1999-025BEW · FragmentChina—14 Feb 2014—Re-entered2014-0072FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33616 · 1999-025DCZ · FragmentChina—21 Feb 2014—Re-entered2014-0076FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31693 · 1999-025CDB · FragmentChina—25 Feb 2014—Re-entered2014-0078FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37407 · 1999-025EFZ · FragmentChina—27 Feb 2014—Re-entered2014-0085FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30487 · 1999-025AGZ · FragmentChina—1 Mar 2014—Re-entered2014-0087FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35131 · 1999-025DLK · FragmentChina—2 Mar 2014—Re-entered2014-0092FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29830 · 1999-025DY · FragmentChina—5 Mar 2014—Re-entered2014-0094FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 38151 · 1999-025EQY · FragmentChina—6 Mar 2014—Re-entered2014-0104FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33671 · 1999-025DFG · FragmentChina—11 Mar 2014—Re-entered2014-0106FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30186 · 1999-025UT · FragmentChina—12 Mar 2014—Re-entered2014-0114FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31936 · 1999-025CMM · FragmentChina—18 Mar 2014—Re-entered2014-0124FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36650 · 1999-025DXU · FragmentChina—21 Mar 2014—Re-entered2014-0127FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37446 · 1999-025EHQ · FragmentChina—25 Mar 2014—Re-entered2014-0130FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36253 · 1999-025DWE · FragmentChina—26 Mar 2014—Re-entered2014-0138FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35209 · 1999-025DPR · FragmentChina—29 Mar 2014—Re-entered
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