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
2022-1785FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 38511 · 1999-025ESW · FragmentChina—31 Aug 2022—Re-entered2022-1840FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30228 · 1999-025WM · FragmentChina—10 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-1896FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30667 · 1999-025APZ · FragmentChina—22 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-1897FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32427 · 1999-025DAP · FragmentChina—22 Sep 2022—Re-entered2022-1961FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31521 · 1999-025BXL · FragmentChina—2 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-1996FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31710 · 1999-025CDH · FragmentChina—7 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2005FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37013 · 1999-025ECV · FragmentChina—8 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2016FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30238 · 1999-025WX · FragmentChina—10 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2045FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36654 · 1999-025DXY · FragmentChina—13 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2047FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 41017 · 1999-025EXX · FragmentChina—13 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2060FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33699 · 1999-025DGL · FragmentChina—15 Oct 2022—Re-entered2022-2157FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31299 · 1999-025BPH · FragmentChina—1 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2175FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33617 · 1999-025DDA · FragmentChina—5 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2176FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35226 · 1999-025DQJ · FragmentChina—5 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2193FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29915 · 1999-025HM · FragmentChina—8 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2260FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31060 · 1999-025BFE · FragmentChina—17 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2261FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36169 · 1999-025DSS · FragmentChina—17 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2262FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 38815 · 1999-025EVF · FragmentChina—17 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2271FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33692 · 1999-025DGD · FragmentChina—18 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2288FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29775 · 1999-025BR · FragmentChina—21 Nov 2022—Re-entered
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