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
2021-0244FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35215 · 1999-025DPX · FragmentChina—7 Jul 2021—Re-entered2021-0279FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35235 · 1999-025DQT · FragmentChina—14 Aug 2021—Re-entered2021-0294FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36265 · 1999-025DWS · FragmentChina—24 Aug 2021—Re-entered2021-0304FENGYUN 1C DEB *NORAD 47106 · 1999-025FCE · FragmentChina—29 Aug 2021—Re-entered2021-0320FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32406 · 1999-025CZS · FragmentChina—21 Sep 2021—Re-entered2021-0338FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33709 · 1999-025DGW · FragmentChina—3 Oct 2021—Re-entered2021-0377FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31377 · 1999-025BSH · FragmentChina—21 Oct 2021—Re-entered2021-0400FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36137 · 1999-025DRJ · FragmentChina—7 Nov 2021—Re-entered2021-0402FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 38171 · 1999-025ERU · FragmentChina—10 Nov 2021—Re-entered2021-0416FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36726 · 1999-025EAY · FragmentChina—23 Nov 2021—Re-entered2021-0422FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30497 · 1999-025AHK · FragmentChina—24 Nov 2021—Re-entered2021-0456FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37723 · 1999-025EMQ · FragmentChina—11 Dec 2021—Re-entered2021-0467FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37896 · 1999-025EMV · FragmentChina—15 Dec 2021—Re-entered2021-0474FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 38156 · 1999-025ERD · FragmentChina—16 Dec 2021—Re-entered2022-0007FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32370 · 1999-025CZP · FragmentChina—2 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0025FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32154 · 1999-025CSY · FragmentChina—5 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0054FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32124 · 1999-025CRS · FragmentChina—13 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0056FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35086 · 1999-025DJN · FragmentChina—14 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0072FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30318 · 1999-025AAF · FragmentChina—16 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0084FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37068 · 1999-025EFC · FragmentChina—17 Jan 2022—Re-entered
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