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
2014-0142FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30378 · 1999-025ACR · FragmentChina—30 Mar 2014—Re-entered2014-0147FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31176 · 1999-025BJE · FragmentChina—2 Apr 2014—Re-entered2014-0153FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30351 · 1999-025ABN · FragmentChina—4 Apr 2014—Re-entered2014-0162FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32359 · 1999-025CZC · FragmentChina—9 Apr 2014—Re-entered2014-0163FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36718 · 1999-025EAQ · FragmentChina—9 Apr 2014—Re-entered2014-0170FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33669 · 1999-025DFE · FragmentChina—12 Apr 2014—Re-entered2014-0181FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36666 · 1999-025DYL · FragmentChina—16 Apr 2014—Re-entered2014-0184FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31543 · 1999-025BYJ · FragmentChina—17 Apr 2014—Re-entered2014-0185FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36195 · 1999-025DTU · FragmentChina—17 Apr 2014—Re-entered2014-0197FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35138 · 1999-025DLS · FragmentChina—21 Apr 2014—Re-entered2014-0202FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31461 · 1999-025BUZ · FragmentChina—24 Apr 2014—Re-entered2014-0205FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30865 · 1999-025AXB · FragmentChina—26 Apr 2014—Re-entered2014-0219FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37458 · 1999-025EJC · FragmentChina—2 May 2014—Re-entered2014-0229FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32244 · 1999-025CWS · FragmentChina—8 May 2014—Re-entered2014-0232FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33670 · 1999-025DFF · FragmentChina—9 May 2014—Re-entered2014-0236FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36993 · 1999-025EBZ · FragmentChina—12 May 2014—Re-entered2014-0237FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30965 · 1999-025BBF · FragmentChina—13 May 2014—Re-entered2014-0243FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31277 · 1999-025BNK · FragmentChina—15 May 2014—Re-entered2014-0254FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 38488 · 1999-025ERX · FragmentChina—18 May 2014—Re-entered2014-0266FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31818 · 1999-025CHG · FragmentChina—22 May 2014—Re-entered
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