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
2023-0311FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30627 · 1999-025ANJ · FragmentChina—14 Feb 2023—Re-entered2023-0345FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 41012 · 1999-025EXS · FragmentChina—18 Feb 2023—Re-entered2023-0373FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37058 · 1999-025EES · FragmentChina—24 Feb 2023—Re-entered2023-0395FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37578 · 1999-025EKB · FragmentChina—27 Feb 2023—Re-entered2023-0440FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30813 · 1999-025AUX · FragmentChina—7 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0441FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31147 · 1999-025BGZ · FragmentChina—7 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0478FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32194 · 1999-025CUQ · FragmentChina—9 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0502FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30478 · 1999-025AGR · FragmentChina—14 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0530FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 38120 · 1999-025EPR · FragmentChina—15 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0573FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30180 · 1999-025UM · FragmentChina—18 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0585FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31481 · 1999-025BVV · FragmentChina—20 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0607FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37031 · 1999-025EDP · FragmentChina—22 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0619FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32116 · 1999-025CRJ · FragmentChina—23 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0634FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30835 · 1999-025AVV · FragmentChina—24 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0651FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31352 · 1999-025BRG · FragmentChina—27 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0652FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33708 · 1999-025DGV · FragmentChina—28 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0676FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30611 · 1999-025AMS · FragmentChina—29 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0713FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36241 · 1999-025DVS · FragmentChina—4 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0734FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35099 · 1999-025DKB · FragmentChina—5 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0745FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37469 · 1999-025EJP · FragmentChina—6 Apr 2023—Re-entered
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