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
2014-0557FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33729 · 1999-025DHS · FragmentChina—1 Nov 2014—Re-entered2014-0558FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36704 · 1999-025EAA · FragmentChina—1 Nov 2014—Re-entered2014-0563FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30889 · 1999-025AYB · FragmentChina—3 Nov 2014—Re-entered2014-0564FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36737 · 1999-025EBK · FragmentChina—3 Nov 2014—Re-entered2014-0569FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31460 · 1999-025BUY · FragmentChina—7 Nov 2014—Re-entered2014-0573FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32135 · 1999-025CSD · FragmentChina—8 Nov 2014—Re-entered2014-0576FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37587 · 1999-025EKF · FragmentChina—8 Nov 2014—Re-entered2014-0584FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31918 · 1999-025CLV · FragmentChina—11 Nov 2014—Re-entered2014-0586FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36705 · 1999-025EAB · FragmentChina—12 Nov 2014—Re-entered2014-0588FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31645 · 1999-025CBB · FragmentChina—13 Nov 2014—Re-entered2014-0589FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32206 · 1999-025CVC · FragmentChina—13 Nov 2014—Re-entered2014-0590FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32421 · 1999-025DAH · FragmentChina—13 Nov 2014—Re-entered2014-0591FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33715 · 1999-025DHC · FragmentChina—13 Nov 2014—Re-entered2014-0608FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29839 · 1999-025EH · FragmentChina—21 Nov 2014—Re-entered2014-0609FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37923 · 1999-025ENY · FragmentChina—21 Nov 2014—Re-entered2014-0611FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30854 · 1999-025AWQ · FragmentChina—23 Nov 2014—Re-entered2014-0613FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35100 · 1999-025DKC · FragmentChina—23 Nov 2014—Re-entered2014-0616FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31681 · 1999-025CCP · FragmentChina—25 Nov 2014—Re-entered2014-0617FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36202 · 1999-025DUB · FragmentChina—26 Nov 2014—Re-entered2014-0624FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36151 · 1999-025DRY · FragmentChina—1 Dec 2014—Re-entered
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