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. 1,218 of its fragments are now entered in the Orbital Register.
1,218
Fragments on record
11 Jan 2007
Break-up
12 Nov 2016
Half down by
2 Sep 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 1,218 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
2008-0582FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30534 · 1999-025AJY · FragmentChina—3 Oct 2008—Re-entered2008-0725FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30307 · 1999-025ZU · FragmentChina—12 Dec 2008—Re-entered2008-0730FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30948 · 1999-025BAN · FragmentChina—16 Dec 2008—Re-entered2008-0748FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30698 · 1999-025ARG · FragmentChina—30 Dec 2008—Re-entered2009-0008FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30991 · 1999-025BCH · FragmentChina—5 Jan 2009—Re-entered2009-0034FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30601 · 1999-025AMG · FragmentChina—5 Feb 2009—Re-entered2009-0047FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29727 · 1999-025R · FragmentChina—15 Feb 2009—Re-entered2009-0049FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30635 · 1999-025ANS · FragmentChina—18 Feb 2009—Re-entered2009-0055FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30051 · 1999-025PC · FragmentChina—25 Feb 2009—Re-entered2009-0089FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30866 · 1999-025AXC · FragmentChina—4 Apr 2009—Re-entered2009-0171FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33662 · 1999-025DEX · FragmentChina—27 Jun 2009—Re-entered2009-0186FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30908 · 1999-025AYW · FragmentChina—14 Jul 2009—Re-entered2009-0190FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31845 · 1999-025CJK · FragmentChina—21 Jul 2009—Re-entered2009-0212FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31075 · 1999-025BFV · FragmentChina—23 Aug 2009—Re-entered2009-0213FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35181 · 1999-025DNM · FragmentChina—23 Aug 2009—Re-entered2009-0227FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30535 · 1999-025AJZ · FragmentChina—18 Sep 2009—Re-entered2009-0252FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30376 · 1999-025ACP · FragmentChina—21 Oct 2009—Re-entered2009-0258FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30223 · 1999-025WG · FragmentChina—29 Oct 2009—Re-entered2009-0261FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30617 · 1999-025AMY · FragmentChina—30 Oct 2009—Re-entered2009-0262FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31011 · 1999-025BDD · FragmentChina—30 Oct 2009—Re-entered
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