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
2020-0147FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29837 · 1999-025EF · FragmentChina—13 Jul 2020—Re-entered2020-0164FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31280 · 1999-025BNN · FragmentChina—6 Aug 2020—Re-entered2020-0185FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31526 · 1999-025BXR · FragmentChina—1 Sep 2020—Re-entered2020-0229FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35087 · 1999-025DJP · FragmentChina—26 Sep 2020—Re-entered2020-0325FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32147 · 1999-025CSR · FragmentChina—10 Nov 2020—Re-entered2020-0394FENGYUN 1C DEB *NORAD 47105 · 1999-025FCD · FragmentChina—7 Dec 2020—Re-entered2020-0428FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30950 · 1999-025BAQ · FragmentChina—28 Dec 2020—Re-entered2020-0432FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30870 · 1999-025AXG · FragmentChina—29 Dec 2020—Re-entered2021-0026FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31849 · 1999-025CJP · FragmentChina—21 Jan 2021—Re-entered2021-0027FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36648 · 1999-025DXS · FragmentChina—22 Jan 2021—Re-entered2021-0031FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36136 · 1999-025DRH · FragmentChina—27 Jan 2021—Re-entered2021-0048FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30256 · 1999-025XR · FragmentChina—16 Feb 2021—Re-entered2021-0052FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37467 · 1999-025EJM · FragmentChina—18 Feb 2021—Re-entered2021-0055FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31432 · 1999-025BTU · FragmentChina—20 Feb 2021—Re-entered2021-0059FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31539 · 1999-025BYE · FragmentChina—22 Feb 2021—Re-entered2021-0064FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31564 · 1999-025BZF · FragmentChina—25 Feb 2021—Re-entered2021-0074FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30455 · 1999-025AFS · FragmentChina—3 Mar 2021—Re-entered2021-0080FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31037 · 1999-025BEF · FragmentChina—9 Mar 2021—Re-entered2021-0105FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31335 · 1999-025BQP · FragmentChina—25 Mar 2021—Re-entered2021-0115FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 40683 · 1999-025EWP · FragmentChina—31 Mar 2021—Re-entered
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