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
2015-0426FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36651 · 1999-025DXV · FragmentChina—6 Nov 2015—Re-entered2015-0439FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36649 · 1999-025DXT · FragmentChina—23 Nov 2015—Re-entered2015-0449FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37066 · 1999-025EFA · FragmentChina—4 Dec 2015—Re-entered2015-0451FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36284 · 1999-025DXM · FragmentChina—5 Dec 2015—Re-entered2015-0459FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29759 · 1999-025AZ · FragmentChina—11 Dec 2015—Re-entered2015-0463FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30226 · 1999-025WK · FragmentChina—12 Dec 2015—Re-entered2015-0475FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31453 · 1999-025BUR · FragmentChina—23 Dec 2015—Re-entered2016-0016FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33606 · 1999-025DCP · FragmentChina—14 Jan 2016—Re-entered2016-0028FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36275 · 1999-025DXC · FragmentChina—1 Feb 2016—Re-entered2016-0029FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30910 · 1999-025AYY · FragmentChina—4 Feb 2016—Re-entered2016-0035FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36740 · 1999-025EBN · FragmentChina—7 Feb 2016—Re-entered2016-0044FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31712 · 1999-025CDK · FragmentChina—25 Feb 2016—Re-entered2016-0046FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32424 · 1999-025DAL · FragmentChina—27 Feb 2016—Re-entered2016-0048FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36674 · 1999-025DYU · FragmentChina—29 Feb 2016—Re-entered2016-0055FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33746 · 1999-025DJK · FragmentChina—6 Mar 2016—Re-entered2016-0064FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31354 · 1999-025BRJ · FragmentChina—15 Mar 2016—Re-entered2016-0071FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36669 · 1999-025DYP · FragmentChina—23 Mar 2016—Re-entered2016-0079FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31621 · 1999-025CAB · FragmentChina—6 Apr 2016—Re-entered2016-0109FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36250 · 1999-025DWB · FragmentChina—9 May 2016—Re-entered2016-0112FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37431 · 1999-025EGZ · FragmentChina—13 May 2016—Re-entered
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