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
2015-0289FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30195 · 1999-025VC · FragmentChina—18 Jun 2015—Re-entered2015-0294FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37459 · 1999-025EJD · FragmentChina—21 Jun 2015—Re-entered2015-0296FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32237 · 1999-025CWK · FragmentChina—22 Jun 2015—Re-entered2015-0297FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29867 · 1999-025FM · FragmentChina—23 Jun 2015—Re-entered2015-0300FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37016 · 1999-025ECY · FragmentChina—25 Jun 2015—Re-entered2015-0302FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37599 · 1999-025EKT · FragmentChina—26 Jun 2015—Re-entered2015-0306FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30963 · 1999-025BBD · FragmentChina—29 Jun 2015—Re-entered2015-0310FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36174 · 1999-025DSX · FragmentChina—1 Jul 2015—Re-entered2015-0315FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31950 · 1999-025CNB · FragmentChina—5 Jul 2015—Re-entered2015-0328FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35228 · 1999-025DQL · FragmentChina—20 Jul 2015—Re-entered2015-0330FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31233 · 1999-025BLP · FragmentChina—24 Jul 2015—Re-entered2015-0355FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32452 · 1999-025DBQ · FragmentChina—20 Aug 2015—Re-entered2015-0360FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31694 · 1999-025CDC · FragmentChina—31 Aug 2015—Re-entered2015-0364FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32412 · 1999-025CZY · FragmentChina—5 Sep 2015—Re-entered2015-0376FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37718 · 1999-025EMK · FragmentChina—19 Sep 2015—Re-entered2015-0379FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 38112 · 1999-025EPH · FragmentChina—22 Sep 2015—Re-entered2015-0380FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30292 · 1999-025ZD · FragmentChina—24 Sep 2015—Re-entered2015-0384FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37015 · 1999-025ECX · FragmentChina—27 Sep 2015—Re-entered2015-0403FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31156 · 1999-025BHJ · FragmentChina—15 Oct 2015—Re-entered2015-0422FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30909 · 1999-025AYX · FragmentChina—3 Nov 2015—Re-entered
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