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
2022-1186FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32170 · 1999-025CTQ · FragmentChina—18 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1208FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31856 · 1999-025CJW · FragmentChina—21 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1236FENGYUN 1C DEB *NORAD 47000 · 1999-025FAA · FragmentChina—24 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1246FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36739 · 1999-025EBM · FragmentChina—25 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1252FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30636 · 1999-025ANT · FragmentChina—26 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1272FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37032 · 1999-025EDQ · FragmentChina—29 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1280FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30875 · 1999-025AXM · FragmentChina—31 May 2022—Re-entered2022-1307FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 38164 · 1999-025ERM · FragmentChina—5 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1327FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30097 · 1999-025RA · FragmentChina—8 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1371FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36672 · 1999-025DYS · FragmentChina—15 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1408FENGYUN 1C DEB *NORAD 47017 · 1999-025FAT · FragmentChina—21 Jun 2022—Re-entered2022-1559FENGYUN 1C DEB *NORAD 47022 · 1999-025FAY · FragmentChina—14 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1577FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32208 · 1999-025CVE · FragmentChina—19 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1585FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31500 · 1999-025BWP · FragmentChina—20 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1586FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32112 · 1999-025CRE · FragmentChina—20 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1604FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30483 · 1999-025AGV · FragmentChina—23 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1606FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37454 · 1999-025EHY · FragmentChina—24 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1622FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29834 · 1999-025EC · FragmentChina—27 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1625FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36194 · 1999-025DTT · FragmentChina—28 Jul 2022—Re-entered2022-1748FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31044 · 1999-025BEN · FragmentChina—23 Aug 2022—Re-entered
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