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
2015-0183FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31962 · 1999-025CNP · FragmentChina—11 Apr 2015—Re-entered2015-0184FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30189 · 1999-025UW · FragmentChina—12 Apr 2015—Re-entered2015-0185FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35151 · 1999-025DMF · FragmentChina—12 Apr 2015—Re-entered2015-0187FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35126 · 1999-025DLE · FragmentChina—14 Apr 2015—Re-entered2015-0199FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30748 · 1999-025ATJ · FragmentChina—19 Apr 2015—Re-entered2015-0200FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32236 · 1999-025CWJ · FragmentChina—19 Apr 2015—Re-entered2015-0214FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36157 · 1999-025DSE · FragmentChina—29 Apr 2015—Re-entered2015-0235FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30055 · 1999-025PG · FragmentChina—2 May 2015—Re-entered2015-0236FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 38805 · 1999-025EUV · FragmentChina—2 May 2015—Re-entered2015-0239FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31803 · 1999-025CGR · FragmentChina—3 May 2015—Re-entered2015-0244FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30712 · 1999-025ARW · FragmentChina—5 May 2015—Re-entered2015-0247FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30692 · 1999-025ARA · FragmentChina—10 May 2015—Re-entered2015-0248FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30995 · 1999-025BCM · FragmentChina—11 May 2015—Re-entered2015-0249FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31939 · 1999-025CMQ · FragmentChina—11 May 2015—Re-entered2015-0253FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30421 · 1999-025AEL · FragmentChina—12 May 2015—Re-entered2015-0260FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29838 · 1999-025EG · FragmentChina—20 May 2015—Re-entered2015-0265FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32307 · 1999-025CWY · FragmentChina—23 May 2015—Re-entered2015-0271FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30983 · 1999-025BBZ · FragmentChina—31 May 2015—Re-entered2015-0276FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37472 · 1999-025EJS · FragmentChina—10 Jun 2015—Re-entered2015-0279FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32310 · 1999-025CXB · FragmentChina—13 Jun 2015—Re-entered
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