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. 1,220 of its fragments are now entered in the Orbital Register.
1,220
Fragments on record
11 Jan 2007
Break-up
21 Dec 2016
Half down by
4 Oct 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 1,220 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
2014-0449FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37004 · 1999-025ECL · FragmentChina—15 Sep 2014—Re-entered2014-0458FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35188 · 1999-025DNU · FragmentChina—18 Sep 2014—Re-entered2014-0461FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32309 · 1999-025CXA · FragmentChina—22 Sep 2014—Re-entered2014-0474FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36673 · 1999-025DYT · FragmentChina—27 Sep 2014—Re-entered2014-0481FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33620 · 1999-025DDD · FragmentChina—3 Oct 2014—Re-entered2014-0483FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37721 · 1999-025EMN · FragmentChina—3 Oct 2014—Re-entered2014-0487FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36146 · 1999-025DRT · FragmentChina—6 Oct 2014—Re-entered2014-0488FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36721 · 1999-025EAT · FragmentChina—6 Oct 2014—Re-entered2014-0489FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36239 · 1999-025DVQ · FragmentChina—8 Oct 2014—Re-entered2014-0498FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33635 · 1999-025DDU · FragmentChina—13 Oct 2014—Re-entered2014-0506FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31271 · 1999-025BND · FragmentChina—16 Oct 2014—Re-entered2014-0512FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33626 · 1999-025DDK · FragmentChina—17 Oct 2014—Re-entered2014-0519FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31975 · 1999-025CPC · FragmentChina—20 Oct 2014—Re-entered2014-0522FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33744 · 1999-025DJH · FragmentChina—22 Oct 2014—Re-entered2014-0528FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30894 · 1999-025AYG · FragmentChina—25 Oct 2014—Re-entered2014-0532FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33703 · 1999-025DGQ · FragmentChina—26 Oct 2014—Re-entered2014-0538FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36161 · 1999-025DSJ · FragmentChina—27 Oct 2014—Re-entered2014-0543FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32442 · 1999-025DBE · FragmentChina—28 Oct 2014—Re-entered2014-0550FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31472 · 1999-025BVL · FragmentChina—30 Oct 2014—Re-entered2014-0551FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30917 · 1999-025AZF · FragmentChina—31 Oct 2014—Re-entered
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