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
2014-0627FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32149 · 1999-025CST · FragmentChina—3 Dec 2014—Re-entered2014-0637FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36264 · 1999-025DWR · FragmentChina—8 Dec 2014—Re-entered2014-0640FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31933 · 1999-025CMJ · FragmentChina—10 Dec 2014—Re-entered2014-0644FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36653 · 1999-025DXX · FragmentChina—11 Dec 2014—Re-entered2014-0652FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31020 · 1999-025BDN · FragmentChina—14 Dec 2014—Re-entered2014-0660FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30610 · 1999-025AMR · FragmentChina—19 Dec 2014—Re-entered2014-0661FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35112 · 1999-025DKQ · FragmentChina—19 Dec 2014—Re-entered2014-0662FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32108 · 1999-025CRA · FragmentChina—20 Dec 2014—Re-entered2014-0670FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35113 · 1999-025DKR · FragmentChina—24 Dec 2014—Re-entered2014-0681FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36671 · 1999-025DYR · FragmentChina—30 Dec 2014—Re-entered2015-0007FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30861 · 1999-025AWX · FragmentChina—6 Jan 2015—Re-entered2015-0020FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37725 · 1999-025EMS · FragmentChina—13 Jan 2015—Re-entered2015-0025FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 38153 · 1999-025ERA · FragmentChina—14 Jan 2015—Re-entered2015-0029FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37451 · 1999-025EHV · FragmentChina—16 Jan 2015—Re-entered2015-0033FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36723 · 1999-025EAV · FragmentChina—18 Jan 2015—Re-entered2015-0035FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32417 · 1999-025DAD · FragmentChina—19 Jan 2015—Re-entered2015-0038FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33657 · 1999-025DES · FragmentChina—21 Jan 2015—Re-entered2015-0041FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32240 · 1999-025CWN · FragmentChina—22 Jan 2015—Re-entered2015-0045FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33717 · 1999-025DHE · FragmentChina—27 Jan 2015—Re-entered2015-0053FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29739 · 1999-025AD · FragmentChina—2 Feb 2015—Re-entered
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