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
2017-0079FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31811 · 1999-025CGZ · FragmentChina—5 May 2017—Re-entered2017-0083FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31008 · 1999-025BDA · FragmentChina—9 May 2017—Re-entered2017-0084FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30431 · 1999-025AES · FragmentChina—10 May 2017—Re-entered2017-0097FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37724 · 1999-025EMR · FragmentChina—7 Jun 2017—Re-entered2017-0104FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31549 · 1999-025BYQ · FragmentChina—24 Jun 2017—Re-entered2017-0110FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31517 · 1999-025BXG · FragmentChina—5 Jul 2017—Re-entered2017-0115FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 38501 · 1999-025ESL · FragmentChina—14 Jul 2017—Re-entered2017-0122FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31969 · 1999-025CNW · FragmentChina—27 Jul 2017—Re-entered2017-0162FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37070 · 1999-025EFE · FragmentChina—17 Oct 2017—Re-entered2018-0002FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31207 · 1999-025BKM · FragmentChina—8 Jan 2018—Re-entered2018-0016FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36252 · 1999-025DWD · FragmentChina—4 Feb 2018—Re-entered2018-0029FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36135 · 1999-025DRG · FragmentChina—22 Feb 2018—Re-entered2018-0031FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30513 · 1999-025AJB · FragmentChina—24 Feb 2018—Re-entered2018-0046FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31718 · 1999-025CDR · FragmentChina—9 Mar 2018—Re-entered2018-0074FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31777 · 1999-025CGC · FragmentChina—9 Apr 2018—Re-entered2018-0078FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30158 · 1999-025TP · FragmentChina—16 Apr 2018—Re-entered2018-0090FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36201 · 1999-025DUA · FragmentChina—2 May 2018—Re-entered2018-0117FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36175 · 1999-025DSY · FragmentChina—12 Jun 2018—Re-entered2018-0125FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36662 · 1999-025DYG · FragmentChina—5 Jul 2018—Re-entered2018-0128FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30027 · 1999-025NC · FragmentChina—11 Jul 2018—Re-entered
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