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
2018-0148FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31193 · 1999-025BJX · FragmentChina—10 Aug 2018—Re-entered2018-0235FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30687 · 1999-025AQV · FragmentChina—9 Dec 2018—Re-entered2018-0236FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37051 · 1999-025EEK · FragmentChina—9 Dec 2018—Re-entered2018-0251FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33642 · 1999-025DEB · FragmentChina—30 Dec 2018—Re-entered2019-0018FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33604 · 1999-025DCM · FragmentChina—2 Feb 2019—Re-entered2019-0033FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36655 · 1999-025DXZ · FragmentChina—22 Feb 2019—Re-entered2019-0052FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30695 · 1999-025ARD · FragmentChina—12 Mar 2019—Re-entered2019-0100FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30538 · 1999-025AKC · FragmentChina—15 Apr 2019—Re-entered2019-0151FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31344 · 1999-025BQY · FragmentChina—18 May 2019—Re-entered2019-0161FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33649 · 1999-025DEJ · FragmentChina—28 May 2019—Re-entered2019-0202FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33644 · 1999-025DED · FragmentChina—28 Jul 2019—Re-entered2019-0225FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30980 · 1999-025BBW · FragmentChina—22 Aug 2019—Re-entered2019-0241FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30968 · 1999-025BBJ · FragmentChina—5 Sep 2019—Re-entered2019-0267FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32345 · 1999-025CYN · FragmentChina—6 Oct 2019—Re-entered2019-0271FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36219 · 1999-025DUU · FragmentChina—15 Oct 2019—Re-entered2019-0297FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31998 · 1999-025CQB · FragmentChina—17 Nov 2019—Re-entered2019-0304FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32318 · 1999-025CXK · FragmentChina—25 Nov 2019—Re-entered2020-0033FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31785 · 1999-025CGL · FragmentChina—18 Feb 2020—Re-entered2020-0078FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29905 · 1999-025HB · FragmentChina—3 Apr 2020—Re-entered2020-0126FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29981 · 1999-025LF · FragmentChina—9 Jun 2020—Re-entered
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