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
2015-0054FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29787 · 1999-025CD · FragmentChina—2 Feb 2015—Re-entered2015-0058FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36168 · 1999-025DSR · FragmentChina—3 Feb 2015—Re-entered2015-0059FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 38152 · 1999-025EQZ · FragmentChina—3 Feb 2015—Re-entered2015-0070FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37681 · 1999-025EKW · FragmentChina—7 Feb 2015—Re-entered2015-0074FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31189 · 1999-025BJT · FragmentChina—9 Feb 2015—Re-entered2015-0075FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31556 · 1999-025BYX · FragmentChina—9 Feb 2015—Re-entered2015-0078FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32306 · 1999-025CWX · FragmentChina—10 Feb 2015—Re-entered2015-0080FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30896 · 1999-025AYJ · FragmentChina—11 Feb 2015—Re-entered2015-0088FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36217 · 1999-025DUS · FragmentChina—13 Feb 2015—Re-entered2015-0089FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30091 · 1999-025QU · FragmentChina—15 Feb 2015—Re-entered2015-0101FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30204 · 1999-025VM · FragmentChina—21 Feb 2015—Re-entered2015-0110FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37020 · 1999-025EDC · FragmentChina—27 Feb 2015—Re-entered2015-0116FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 38111 · 1999-025EPG · FragmentChina—4 Mar 2015—Re-entered2015-0128FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33712 · 1999-025DGZ · FragmentChina—11 Mar 2015—Re-entered2015-0130FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30384 · 1999-025ACX · FragmentChina—12 Mar 2015—Re-entered2015-0143FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31170 · 1999-025BHY · FragmentChina—20 Mar 2015—Re-entered2015-0150FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36725 · 1999-025EAX · FragmentChina—23 Mar 2015—Re-entered2015-0161FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37050 · 1999-025EEJ · FragmentChina—31 Mar 2015—Re-entered2015-0165FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33641 · 1999-025DEA · FragmentChina—3 Apr 2015—Re-entered2015-0172FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36717 · 1999-025EAP · FragmentChina—4 Apr 2015—Re-entered
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