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
2014-0274FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 38830 · 1999-025EVW · FragmentChina—23 May 2014—Re-entered2014-0279FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37002 · 1999-025ECJ · FragmentChina—25 May 2014—Re-entered2014-0286FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32349 · 1999-025CYS · FragmentChina—28 May 2014—Re-entered2014-0287FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32420 · 1999-025DAG · FragmentChina—28 May 2014—Re-entered2014-0297FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37039 · 1999-025EDX · FragmentChina—31 May 2014—Re-entered2014-0301FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35238 · 1999-025DQW · FragmentChina—3 Jun 2014—Re-entered2014-0304FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32239 · 1999-025CWM · FragmentChina—4 Jun 2014—Re-entered2014-0307FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 38800 · 1999-025EUQ · FragmentChina—5 Jun 2014—Re-entered2014-0346FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 39538 · 1999-025EWF · FragmentChina—22 Jun 2014—Re-entered2014-0351FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31940 · 1999-025CMR · FragmentChina—25 Jun 2014—Re-entered2014-0352FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 38509 · 1999-025ESU · FragmentChina—25 Jun 2014—Re-entered2014-0377FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 38118 · 1999-025EPP · FragmentChina—13 Jul 2014—Re-entered2014-0380FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36185 · 1999-025DTJ · FragmentChina—17 Jul 2014—Re-entered2014-0387FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36245 · 1999-025DVW · FragmentChina—23 Jul 2014—Re-entered2014-0424FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30179 · 1999-025UL · FragmentChina—28 Aug 2014—Re-entered2014-0425FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31084 · 1999-025BGE · FragmentChina—28 Aug 2014—Re-entered2014-0429FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30049 · 1999-025PA · FragmentChina—2 Sep 2014—Re-entered2014-0440FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37916 · 1999-025ENR · FragmentChina—10 Sep 2014—Re-entered2014-0443FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31373 · 1999-025BSD · FragmentChina—12 Sep 2014—Re-entered2014-0446FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30033 · 1999-025NJ · FragmentChina—14 Sep 2014—Re-entered
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