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
2022-0136FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31067 · 1999-025BFM · FragmentChina—24 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0158FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36698 · 1999-025DZU · FragmentChina—27 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0166FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31298 · 1999-025BPG · FragmentChina—29 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0185FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32226 · 1999-025CVY · FragmentChina—31 Jan 2022—Re-entered2022-0218FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30734 · 1999-025ASU · FragmentChina—4 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0257FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36145 · 1999-025DRS · FragmentChina—9 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0319FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 38796 · 1999-025EUL · FragmentChina—17 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0377FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30871 · 1999-025AXH · FragmentChina—27 Feb 2022—Re-entered2022-0407FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32120 · 1999-025CRN · FragmentChina—1 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0534FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31881 · 1999-025CKG · FragmentChina—15 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0570FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31379 · 1999-025BSK · FragmentChina—19 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0577FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36189 · 1999-025DTN · FragmentChina—20 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0622FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37403 · 1999-025EFV · FragmentChina—26 Mar 2022—Re-entered2022-0703FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30098 · 1999-025RB · FragmentChina—3 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0740FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31711 · 1999-025CDJ · FragmentChina—6 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0815FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32102 · 1999-025CQU · FragmentChina—11 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0843FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33629 · 1999-025DDN · FragmentChina—13 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0974FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30645 · 1999-025APC · FragmentChina—24 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-0994FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31958 · 1999-025CNK · FragmentChina—26 Apr 2022—Re-entered2022-1110FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32445 · 1999-025DBH · FragmentChina—9 May 2022—Re-entered
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