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
2016-0116FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31276 · 1999-025BNJ · FragmentChina—17 May 2016—Re-entered2016-0119FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30970 · 1999-025BBL · FragmentChina—21 May 2016—Re-entered2016-0126FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31908 · 1999-025CLK · FragmentChina—9 Jun 2016—Re-entered2016-0136FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30470 · 1999-025AGH · FragmentChina—26 Jun 2016—Re-entered2016-0175FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 38167 · 1999-025ERQ · FragmentChina—23 Aug 2016—Re-entered2016-0183FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30839 · 1999-025AVZ · FragmentChina—5 Sep 2016—Re-entered2016-0193FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35172 · 1999-025DNC · FragmentChina—17 Sep 2016—Re-entered2016-0236FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31654 · 1999-025CBL · FragmentChina—24 Oct 2016—Re-entered2016-0241FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30819 · 1999-025AVD · FragmentChina—29 Oct 2016—Re-entered2016-0249FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30192 · 1999-025UZ · FragmentChina—12 Nov 2016—Re-entered2016-0264FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36191 · 1999-025DTQ · FragmentChina—21 Dec 2016—Re-entered2016-0266FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36158 · 1999-025DSF · FragmentChina—25 Dec 2016—Re-entered2016-0268FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29952 · 1999-025KA · FragmentChina—28 Dec 2016—Re-entered2017-0001FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35224 · 1999-025DQG · FragmentChina—3 Jan 2017—Re-entered2017-0007FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36988 · 1999-025EBU · FragmentChina—19 Jan 2017—Re-entered2017-0019FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30935 · 1999-025AZZ · FragmentChina—11 Feb 2017—Re-entered2017-0024FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30278 · 1999-025YP · FragmentChina—21 Feb 2017—Re-entered2017-0050FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30727 · 1999-025ASM · FragmentChina—6 Apr 2017—Re-entered2017-0059FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35212 · 1999-025DPU · FragmentChina—14 Apr 2017—Re-entered2017-0065FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30962 · 1999-025BBC · FragmentChina—23 Apr 2017—Re-entered
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