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. 1,218 of its fragments are now entered in the Orbital Register.
1,218
Fragments on record
11 Jan 2007
Break-up
12 Nov 2016
Half down by
2 Sep 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 1,218 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
2022-2312FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30137 · 1999-025SS · FragmentChina—29 Nov 2022—Re-entered2022-2339FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31382 · 1999-025BSN · FragmentChina—2 Dec 2022—Re-entered2022-2340FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32407 · 1999-025CZT · FragmentChina—2 Dec 2022—Re-entered2022-2342FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37462 · 1999-025EJG · FragmentChina—2 Dec 2022—Re-entered2022-2409FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32410 · 1999-025CZW · FragmentChina—21 Dec 2022—Re-entered2022-2454FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33614 · 1999-025DCX · FragmentChina—28 Dec 2022—Re-entered2022-2456FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 38139 · 1999-025EQL · FragmentChina—28 Dec 2022—Re-entered2023-0064FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30672 · 1999-025AQE · FragmentChina—11 Jan 2023—Re-entered2023-0065FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30957 · 1999-025BAX · FragmentChina—11 Jan 2023—Re-entered2023-0066FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37426 · 1999-025EGU · FragmentChina—11 Jan 2023—Re-entered2023-0074FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36706 · 1999-025EAC · FragmentChina—12 Jan 2023—Re-entered2023-0105FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30308 · 1999-025ZV · FragmentChina—18 Jan 2023—Re-entered2023-0128FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32087 · 1999-025CQD · FragmentChina—22 Jan 2023—Re-entered2023-0144FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31496 · 1999-025BWK · FragmentChina—27 Jan 2023—Re-entered2023-0167FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31770 · 1999-025CFV · FragmentChina—31 Jan 2023—Re-entered2023-0177FENGYUN 1C DEB *NORAD 49388 · 1999-025FCH · FragmentChina—31 Jan 2023—Re-entered2023-0223FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30085 · 1999-025QN · FragmentChina—4 Feb 2023—Re-entered2023-0227FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30429 · 1999-025AEQ · FragmentChina—6 Feb 2023—Re-entered2023-0267FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32435 · 1999-025DAX · FragmentChina—9 Feb 2023—Re-entered2023-0282FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 40686 · 1999-025EWS · FragmentChina—10 Feb 2023—Re-entered
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